For Peirce, a sign has three parts. This is partly because [[for Peirce, everything is triadic]]. **Sign or *representamen***. The sign or _representamen_ is equivalent to the [[Ferdinand de Saussure|Saussure's]] "signifier." I.e., this is the thing doing the signifying. **Object**. The object is the thing supposedly signified. The referent. **Interpretant** The interpretant is kinda like what actually happens in your brain.