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Charles Peirce's Guess at the Riddle: Grounds for Human Significance by John K. Sheriff

Author:John K. Sheriff [Sheriff, John K.] , Date: June 15, 2017 ,Views: 85

Charles Peirce's Guess at the Riddle: Grounds for Human Significance by John K. Sheriff

Author:John K. Sheriff [Sheriff, John K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Modern, Philosophy, General, Pragmatism, test, History & Surveys, Peirce; Charles S, Movements
ISBN: 9780253208804
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Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1994-08-12T07:00:00+00:00


Every Legisign is a sign that represents the relation of a sign in the mind to a sign in the mind. Every thought is a Legisign. Just as the objects of Sinsigns are embodied Qualisigns, the objects of Legisigns are embodied Sinsigns. And just as a Qualisign is a sign that is a quality and a Sinsign "is an actual existent thing or event which is a sign," a Legisign is "a law that is a Sign." "This law is usually estab-

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lished by men. Every conventional sign is a Legisign.. . . It is not a single object, but a general type which, it has been agreed, shall be significant" (2.246). Since it is a general law and not a quality or actual existent object,



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