‘Symbol’ (pub. 05.05.13-11:09). 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-lowell-lectures-logic-science-or-induction-and-hypothesis-lecture-ix-1.
Quote:
A symbol is a general representation like a word or conception. [—] A symbol is a representation whose essential Quality and Relation are both unprescindible - the Quality of being Imputed and the Relation ideal.
Source:
Peirce, C. S. (1866). Lowell Lectures on The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis: Lecture IX. MS [R] 357; MS [W] 130.
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http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-lowell-lectures-logic-science-or-induction-and-hypothesis-lecture-ix-1