The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Quote: 

Careful analysis shows that to the three grades of valency of indecomposable concepts correspond three classes of characters or predicates. Firstly come ” firstnesses,” or positive internal characters of the subject in itself; secondly come “secondnesses,” or brute actions of one subject or substance on another, regardless of law or of any third subject; thirdly comes “thirdnesses,” or the mental or quasi-mental influence of one subject on another relatively to a third.

Date: 
1907
References: 
CP 5.469
Citation: 
‘Firstness’ (pub. 09.01.13-19:02). 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-pragmatism.
Posted: 
Jan 09, 2013, 19:02 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 01:01 by Commens Admin