...scientific intelligence one sign gives birth to another, and especially one thought brings forth another. A Sign, or Representamen, is a First which stands...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its Interpretant, to assume the same triadic relation to its Object in which it stands itself to the same...

...of the different functional modes in which they enter into the triadic, meaningful, sign-relation. "A sign, or representamen, is a First which stands...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its interpretant, to assume the same triadic relation to its object in which it stands itself to the same...

...is its own subject. " Over against this quote place the following one by Charles Peirce. A sign ... is a First which stands in such a genuine triadic...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its interpretant , to assume the same triadic relation to its Object in which it stands itself to the same...

...continuation of that division in the Renaissance (see Panofsky, Idea, p. 186, n. 27). In Peirce's own words, A Sign , or Representamen , is a First which stands...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its Interpretant , to assume the same triadic relation to its Object in which it stands itself to the same...

...second definition of the sign already cited (2.274) with the following parenthetical modification: "A Sign, or Representamen, is a First which stands...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its Interpretant, to assume the same [or similar] triadic relation to its Object in which it stands itself...

...specific kind of sign in the strict sense of that term. A representamen "is a First which stands in a genuine triadic relation to a Second, called its...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its Interpretant" (2.274). "A Sign [in the strict sense] is a Representamen with a mental Interpretant"...

...concept of the sign does not refer to an object with a graspable substance but a triangular relationship: A Sign, or Representamen, is a First which stands...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its Inter pretant, to assume the same triadic relation to its Object in which it stands itself to the same...

...difference should be inhabited by representation. One answer is given by Peirce, who defines a sign as "a First which stands in such a genuine triadic relation...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its Interpretant, to assume the same triadic relation to its Object in which it stands itself to the same...

...Peirce's idea of the sign. Peirce sometimes, in fact, defines the sign in terms of the categories: "A Sign, or Representamen, is a First which stands...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its Interpretant, to assume the same triadic relation to its Object in which it stands itself to the same...

...triad sign, object, and interpretant. For instance, to return to the manuscript of about 1902, he says: A Sign, or Representamen, is a First which stands...as to be capable of determining a Third, called its interpretant, to assume the same triadic relation to its Object in which it stands itself to the same...