The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Logic Notebook’

Term: 
Secondness
Quote: 

In the contents of consciousness we recognize three sorts of elements, Firstness, Secondness, Thirdness. [—] What a Second is depends partly on another, but is regardless of any third, and thus of any reason. [—] Firstness is feeling-quality; secondness is brute reaction; thirdness is mediation.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1865-1909). The Logic Notebook. MS [R] 339
Date: 
1898-06-11
References: 
MS [R] 339:108r
Citation: 
‘Secondness’ (pub. 16.09.14-14:48). 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-logic-notebook-0.
Posted: 
Sep 16, 2014, 14:50 by Mats Bergman
Published: 
Sep 16, 2014, 14:48
Last revised: 
Sep 18, 2014, 17:59 by Mats Bergman