Practice question · Numerical answer
How many modes of reference does Peirce's trichotomy distinguish?
Hints
- Resemblance and convention are two of them.
- Icon, index and symbol.
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3
Why
Three. A single image is usually all three at once, which is why the trichotomy is a set of questions to ask about an image rather than three boxes to sort images into.
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