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ANNOTATION:
Interpretant and Object

For Peirce, the interpretant was different than the object in
semiosis.  While the object was the thing itself that the 
sign signified, the interpretant was the idea the sign gave
rise to in the interpreter's mind.


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Author
Callahan (gcallah[ at ]erols.com)

Date
Jan 10, 1997

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