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Quote from ‘Book II. Division I. Part 2. Logic of Relatives. Chapter XII. The Algebra of Relatives’

Term: 
Second Intention
Quote: 

The scholastic doctors used to talk of first intentions and second intentions. First intentions were conceptions obtained by generalizing ordinary experiences. Second intentions were conception[s] obtained by generalizing conceptions themselves considered as objects of logical comparison. Now an abstract notion, that is, the name of a quality, is the first fruit of second-intentional thought.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1893). Book II. Division I. Part 2. Logic of Relatives. Chapter XII. The Algebra of Relatives. MS [R] 418
Date: 
1893
References: 
MS [R] 418:359-60
Citation: 
‘Second Intention’ (pub. 23.08.15-22:35). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-book-ii-division-i-part-2-logic-relatives-chapter-xii-algebra-relatives-4.
Posted: 
Aug 23, 2015, 22:35 by Mats Bergman