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‘Immediate Interpretant’ (pub. 16.08.13-17:17). 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-william-james-9.
Term: 
Immediate Interpretant
Quote: 

The Immediate Interpretant consists in the Quality of the Impression that a sign is fit to produce, not to any actual reaction.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1897-1909). Letters to William James. L [R] 224.
References: 
CP 8.315
Date of Quote: 
1909
URL: 

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