The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to Mario Calderoni’

Term: 
Genuine Thirdness
Quote: 

…Priman Tertianity is that Tertianity which consists in possibilities and Secundan Tertianity is that Tertianity which consists in brute, physical, or quasi-physical facts, while genuine Tertianity consists in rational truths and understandings. The genuine Tertian is again Primanly genuine, Secundanly genuine, and genuinely genuine Tertians, which last are signs.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1905). Letters to Mario Calderoni. MS [R] L67
Date: 
1905
References: 
MS [R] L67:34-35
Citation: 
‘Genuine Thirdness’ (pub. 19.03.18-11:39). 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-letters-mario-calderoni-8.
Posted: 
Mar 19, 2018, 11:39 by Mats Bergman