The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Critic of Arguments. II. The Reader is Introduced to Relatives’

Term: 
Firstness
Quote: 

I will only mention here that the ideas which belong to the three forms of rhemata are firstness, secondness, thirdness; firstness, or spontaneity; secondness, or dependence; thirdness, or mediation.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1892). The Critic of Arguments. II. The Reader is Introduced to Relatives
Date: 
1892
References: 
CP 3.422
Citation: 
‘Firstness’ (pub. 08.01.13-19:12). 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-critic-arguments-ii-reader-introduced-relatives-0.
Posted: 
Jan 08, 2013, 19:12 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Apr 05, 2014, 13:47 by Commens Admin