Quote from "One, Two, Three: Fundamental Categories of Thought and of Nature"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Name [in Semeiotic]’ (pub. 15.10.12-17:41). 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-one-two-three-fundamental-categories-thought-and-nature-0.

Term:

Name [in Semeiotic]

Quote:

There may be a mere relation of reason between the sign and the thing signified; in that case the sign is an icon. Or there may be a direct physical connection; in that case, the sign is an index. Or there may be a relation which consists in the fact that the mind associates the sign with its object; in that case the sign is a name.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1885). One, Two, Three: Fundamental Categories of Thought and of Nature. MS [R] 901.

References:

W 5:245

Date of Quote:

1885

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-one-two-three-fundamental-categories-thought-and-nature-0