The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Logical Tracts. No. 2. On Existential Graphs, Euler's Diagrams, and Logical Algebra’

Term: 
Second Intention
Quote: 

Every rhema whose blanks may be filled by signs of ordinary individuals, but which signifies only what is true of symbols of those individuals, without any reference to qualities of sense, is termed a rhema of second intention. For second intention is thought about thought as symbol. Second intentions and certain entia rationis demand the special attention of the logician.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1903 [c.]). Logical Tracts. No. 2. On Existential Graphs, Euler's Diagrams, and Logical Algebra. MS [R] 492
Date: 
1903 [c.]
References: 
CP 4.465
Citation: 
‘Second Intention’ (pub. 23.08.15-22:44). 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-logical-tracts-no-2-existential-graphs-eulers-diagrams-and-logical-algebra-20.
Posted: 
Aug 23, 2015, 22:44 by Mats Bergman