Peirce's ideas about semiotics distinguished between three types of signs:
· index
. Symbol·
. icon
a)Index is a one that he also calls a real relation in virtue of its being irrespective of interpretation and also sign that denotes its object by virtue of an actual connection involving them. An index which compels attention without conveying any information about its object is a pure index, though that may be an ideal limit never actually reached.
b) Symbol·is consists in a natural or conventional or logical rule, norm, or habit, a habit that lacks or has shed , dependence on the symbolic sign's having a resemblance or real connection to the denoted object. For Peirce, every symbol is a general, and that which we call an actual individual symbol e.g., on the pageis called by Peirce a replica or instance of the symbol.
c) Icon is a meaning which is based upon similarity or appearance for example, similarity in shape. In the specific context of semiotics, a type of sign, wherein the signifier physically resembles the signified. For example, a photograph (signifier) is a mechanical reproduction of what is photographed . The icon has, of itself, a certain character or aspect, one which the object also has (or is supposed to have) and which lets the icon be interpreted as a sign even if the object does not exist.
I love the Icon part where it's says "let the icon be intrepreted as a sign even if the object does not exist". what I understand is that, when you want it to be, and understand it that way-then it should be that way.
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ReplyDeletesymbol does not have direct connection to what it represents. The meaning usually needs to be learned through association.
An index is a sign that directly points to the message or instruction.
An index is a sign that directly points to the message or instruction.