Published on Commens (http://www.commens.org)

Home > Quote from "Letters to Lady Welby"

Commens
Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce
‘Token’ (pub. 09.08.17-01:14). 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-57.
Term: 
Token
Quote: 

A Sign may be an Occurrence, such as any one of a score of “thes” on a single page of a single copy of an English book. I call such a Sign a Token.

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

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-letters-lady-welby-57