Quote from "Letters to Lady Welby"

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‘Sinsign’ (pub. 09.08.13-13:37). 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-letters-lady-welby-27.

Term:

Sinsign

Quote:

As it is in itself, a sign is either of the nature of an appearance, when I call it a qualisign; or secondly, it is an individual object or event, when I call it a sinsign (the syllable sin being the first sillable [sic] of semel, simul, singular, etc); or thirdly, it is of the nature of a general type, when I call it a legisign.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (nd). Letters to Lady Welby. MS [R] L463.

References:

SS 32

Date of Quote:

1904

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-letters-lady-welby-27