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Keyword:   three
Context:   The sign relation is the key. It defines three roles encompassing (1) the sign, (2) the sign's subject matter, called its object, and (3) the sign's meaning or ramification as formed into a kind of effect called its interpretant (a further sign, for example a translation).
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    • roles encompassing the sign the sign's subject matter called its object
    • the sign's meaning
    • ramification as formed into a kind of effect called its interpretant
Full context:   Peirce's theory of signs is known to be one of the most complex semiotic theories due to its generalistic claim. Anything is a sign—not absolutely as itself, but instead in some relation or other. The sign relation is the key. It defines three roles encompassing (1) the sign, (2) the sign's subject matter, called its object, and (3) the sign's meaning or ramification as formed into a kind of effect called its interpretant (a further sign, for example a translation). It is an irreducible triadic relation, according to Peirce. The roles are distinct even when the things that fill those roles are not. The roles are but three; a sign of an object leads to one or more interpretants, and, as signs, they lead to further interpretants.
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Source
Aristotle
Area
Metaphysics
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty

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Depth
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User
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Source
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Area
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Mode
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Depth
4
User
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Source
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Area
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Mode
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Depth
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Source
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Area
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Depth
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Source
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Area
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Mode
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Depth
3
User
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Source
Charles Peirce
Area
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Depth
3
User
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Source
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Area
Theology
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
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Source
Charles Peirce
Area
Semiotics
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty

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Source
Charles Peirce
Area
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Mode
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Depth
3
User
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Source
Charles Peirce
Area
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Mode
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Depth
3
User
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Source
Charles Peirce
Area
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Mode
type
Depth
10
User
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Area
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Mode
type
Depth
12
User
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Area
Astrology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
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Area
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Mode
type
Depth
4
User
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Area
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Mode
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Depth
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User
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