Quote from "A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God (G)"

Commens

Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Icon’ (pub. 13.01.15-17:07). 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-neglected-argument-reality-god-g-4.

Term:

Icon

Quote:

[An icon is] a sign which represents its object by virtue of being like it, whether qualitatively or by the analogy of its parts, such as a diagram. [—] The denotation of Icons is essentially indefinite.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1908 [c.]). A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God (G). MS [R] 842.

References:

MS [R] 842:31-32

Date of Quote:

1908 [c.]

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-neglected-argument-reality-god-g-4