Quote from "The Basis of Pragmaticism"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Medium of Communication’ (pub. 18.11.15-15:46). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-basis-pragmaticism-17.

Term:

Medium of Communication

Quote:

…medium of communication is a species of medium, and a medium is a species of third. [—]

A medium of communication is something, A, which being acted upon by something else, N, in its turn acts upon something, I, in a manner involving its determination by N, so that I shall thereby, through A and only through A, be acted upon by N.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1906). The Basis of Pragmaticism. MS [R] 283.

References:

EP 2:390-1

Date of Quote:

1906

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-basis-pragmaticism-17