Index

A sign that means by a real, causal or existential connection to its object.

By Mackenzie Bowes · mackenzie@mackenziebowes.com · @_mackenziebowes on X

Also called

index sign

Source

“whose relation to their objects consists in a correspondence in fact” Peirce's Theory of Signs (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

See also: Icon, Symbol, Interpretant.