as we
dub it the object, isn't that enough?  Well, that depends.  Some people
will read this story as Peirce saying something significant about the
relationship between the three sign roles and his three &quot;Categories&quot;,
which he often gave the maximally abstract names First, Second, Third.
And here you will find a lot of fights break out.  Where have all the
flowers gone?  And so it goes.  I personally do not choose to take it
that way, mostly because it is apparently possible to rationalize so
many