Quote from "Minute Logic: Chapter I. Intended Characters of this Treatise"

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‘Index’ (pub. 05.05.13-10:21). 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-minute-logic-chapter-i-intended-characters-treatise-20.

Term:

Index

Quote:

A Sign degenerate in the lesser degree, is an Obsistent Sign, or Index, which is a Sign whose significance of its Object is due to its having a genuine Relation to that Object, irrespective of the Interpretant. Such, for example, is the exclamation “Hi!” as indicative of present danger, or a rap at the door as indicative of a visitor.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1902). Minute Logic: Chapter I. Intended Characters of this Treatise. MS [R] 425.

References:

CP 2.92

Date of Quote:

1902

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-minute-logic-chapter-i-intended-characters-treatise-20