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immediate interpretant
Literature; General
The quality of the impression which a sign is fit to produce, not any actual reaction, and which the sign carries with it even before there is an interpreter or quasi-interpreter. It is what is ...
dynamic interpretant
Literature; General
The actual effect (apart from the feeling) of the sign on a mind or quasi-mind, for instance the agitation of the feeling.
final interpretant
Literature; General
The effect which the sign would have on the conduct of any mind or quasi-mind if circumstances allowed that effect to be fully achieved. It is the sign's end or purpose.
representamen
Literature; General
A representamen (or sign) represents, in the broadest possible sense of "represents". It is something interpretable as saying something about something. It is not necessarily symbolic, linguistic, or ...
icon
Literature; General
An icon (also called likeness and semblance) is a sign that denotes its object by virtue of a quality which is shared by them but which the icon has irrespectively of the object. The icon (for ...
index
Literature; General
An index is a sign that denotes its object by virtue of an actual connection involving them, one that he also calls a real relation in virtue of its being irrespective of interpretation. It is in any ...
symbol
Literature; General
A symbol is a sign that denotes its object solely by virtue of the fact that it will be interpreted to do so. The symbol consists in a natural or conventional or logical rule, norm, or habit, a habit ...
