The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Quote: 

Remember my definition of a “sign,” upon which I have a right to insist as that of a new term of logic, just as a zoölogist has a right to define “fish” so as to exclude star-fishes. jelly-fishes, shell-fish, and whales. A “sign,”, I say, shall be understood as anything which represents itself to convey an influence from an Object, so that this may intelligently determine a “meaning,” or interpretant.

Date: 
1907
References: 
MS [R] 318:19
Citation: 
‘Sign’ (pub. 15.10.15-11:46). 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-80.
Posted: 
Oct 15, 2015, 11:46 by Mats Bergman