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‘Interpretant’ (pub. 21.08.17-08:44). 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-foundations-mathematics-r-2.
Term: 
Interpretant
Quote: 

A sign is also intended to determine, in a mind or elsewhere, a sign of the same object; and this interpretant of the sign may be the very sign itself; but as a general rule it will be different.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1904). Foundations of Mathematics [R]. MS [R] 9.
References: 
MS [R] 9:1
Date of Quote: 
1904
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