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‘Type’ (pub. 09.08.17-01:11). 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-56.
Term: 
Type
Quote: 

A Sign may be a Habit or Association or other Law, or Real Tendency. Such is the word “the,” considered as one word, in whatever Token it may be actualized. I call such a sign a Type.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (nd). Letters to Lady Welby. MS [R] L463.
References: 
MS [R] L463:15
Date of Quote: 
1908 [c.]
URL: 

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