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‘Semeiotic’ (pub. 19.08.13-18:23). 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-41.
Term: 
Semeiotic
Quote: 

It seems to me that one of the first useful steps toward a science of semeiotic ({sémeiötiké}), or the cenoscopic science of signs, must be the accurate definition, or logical analysis, of the concepts of the science.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (nd). Letters to Lady Welby. MS [R] L463.
References: 
CP 8.343
Date of Quote: 
1908
URL: 

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