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‘Index’ (pub. 25.11.14-20:21). 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-csps-lowell-lectures-1903-2nd-draught-3rd-lecture-8.
Term: 
Index
Quote: 

The second class of signs consists of Indices, whose significant character which causes them to be used as signs lies in a matter of positive fact, the fact that they are really related, rerelated, to the objects they denote.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). C.S.P.'s Lowell Lectures of 1903 2nd Draught of 3rd Lecture. MS [R] 462.
References: 
MS [R] 462:87
Date of Quote: 
1903
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