Quote from "Teleological Logic"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Copy [in Semeiotic]’ (pub. 05.05.13-11:07). 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-teleological-logic-3.

Term:

Copy [in Semeiotic]

Quote:

Representations are of three kinds according to their truth or coincidence with their objects. These are

     1. Signs. Representations by virtue of convention.
     2. Symbols. Representations by virtue of original or acquired nature.
     3. Copies. Representations by virtue of a sameness of predicates.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1865). Teleological Logic. MS [W] 108; MS [R] 802.

References:

W 1:303-304

Date of Quote:

1865

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-teleological-logic-3