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‘Sign’ (pub. 12.09.14-14:27). 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-theory-collections-and-multitude.
Term: 
Sign
Quote: 

A sign, as such, involves the third category, in its reference to an interpretant. Its reference to an object is an affair of the second category. Its reference to a meaning is specially a first category concern.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1905-07 [c.]). On the theory of Collections and Multitude. MS [R] 31.
References: 
MS [R] 31:2
Date of Quote: 
1905-07 [c.]
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