The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Forms of Consciousness [R]’

Quote: 

There are no other forms of consciousness except the three that have been mentioned, Feeling, Altersense, and Medisense. [—] Medisense is the consciousness of a thirdness, or medium between primisense and altersense, leading from the former to the latter. It is the consciousness of a process of bringing to mind. Feeling, or primisense, is the consciousness of firstness; altersense is consciousness of otherness or secondness; medisense is the consciousness of means or thirdness. Of primisense there is but one fundamental mode. Altersense has two modes, Sensation and Will. Medisense has three modes, Abstraction, Suggestion, Association.

Date: 
1896 [c.]
References: 
CP 7.551
Citation: 
‘Medisense’ (pub. 11.09.14-12:23). 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-forms-consciousness-r-3.
Posted: 
Sep 08, 2014, 17:45 by Mats Bergman
Published: 
Sep 11, 2014, 12:23
Last revised: 
Apr 20, 2018, 08:08 by Mats Bergman