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‘Representamen’ (pub. 10.08.17-16:45). 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-definitions-baldwins-dictionary-r-13.
Term: 
Representamen
Quote: 

A representamen, or sign, is anything (not necessarily real) which stands at once in a relation of correspondence to a second third, its object, and to another possible representamen, its interpretant, which it determines to correspondence with the same object. It thus involves the idea of a possible endless series.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1901-1902 [c.]). Definitions for Baldwin's Dictionary [R]. MS [R] 1147.
References: 
MS [R] 1147
Date of Quote: 
1901-1902 [c.]
Editorial Annotations: 

It is unclear whether the clarification in parenthesis should be placed after "anything" or "second third"

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