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‘Object’ (pub. 17.10.15-18:08). 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-pragmatism-89.
Term: 
Object
Quote: 

…in all general inquiries about signs nothing is of more lively importance than maintaining a clear and sharp distinction between the object, or professed cause of the sign, and the meaning, or intended effect of it.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1907 [c.]). Pragmatism. MS [R] 320.
References: 
MS [R] 320:7
Date of Quote: 
1907 [c.]
URL: 

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