Quote from "Logical Tracts. No. 1. On Existential Graphs"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Representation’ (pub. 13.01.15-10:06). 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-logical-tracts-no-1-existential-graphs-2.

Term:

Representation

Quote:

Representation is a relation of one thing, – the representamen, or sign – to another, – the object, – this relation consisting in the determination of a third, – the interpretant representamen, – to be in the same mode of relation to the second as the first is to that second.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1903 [c.]). Logical Tracts. No. 1. On Existential Graphs. MS [R] 491.

References:

MS [R] 491:1

Date of Quote:

1903 [c.]

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-logical-tracts-no-1-existential-graphs-2