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Term: 
Index
Quote: 

A sign which denotes a thing by forcing it upon the attention is called an index. An index does not describe the qualities of its object. An object, in so far as it is denoted by an index, having thisness, and distinguishing itself from other things by its continuous identity and forcefulness, but not by any distinguishing characters, may be called a hecceity.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1896). The Regenerated Logic. The Monist, 7(1), 19-40.
References: 
CP 3.434
Date of Quote: 
1896
URL: 

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