The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Foundations of Mathematics [R]’

Term: 
Sign
Quote: 

A sign in some sense corresponds to an object and also determines an interpretant sign, or is capable of doing so. Although it is not necessary that any person should originate the sign or that any person should interpret it, yet it will contribute to perspicuity to use language as if such were the case, and to speak of the utterer and the interpreter.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1904). Foundations of Mathematics [R]. MS [R] 10
Date: 
1904
References: 
MS [R] 10:1
Citation: 
‘Sign’ (pub. 21.08.17-10:27). 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-foundations-mathematics-r-7.
Posted: 
Aug 21, 2017, 10:27 by Mats Bergman