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Term: 
Information
Quote: 

…the dyadic relations of logical breadth and depth, often called denotation and connotation, have played a great part in logical discussions, but these take their origin in the triadic relation between a sign, its object, and its interpretant sign; and furthermore, the distinction appears as a dichotomy owing to the limitation of the field of thought, which forgets that concepts grow, and that there is thus a third respect in which they may differ, depending on the state of knowledge, or amount of information.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). Nomenclature and Divisions of Dyadic Relations. MS [R] 539.
References: 
CP 3.608
Date of Quote: 
1903
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