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Quote from ‘Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism: Lecture V’

Quote: 

Philosophy has three grand divisions. The first is Phenomenology, which simply contemplates the Universal Phenomenon and discerns its ubiquitous elements, Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness, together perhaps with other series of categories. The second grand division is Normative Science, which investigates the universal and necessary laws of the relation of Phenomena to Ends, that is, perhaps, to Truth, Right, and Beauty. The third grand division is Metaphysics, which endeavors to comprehend the Reality of Phenomena. Now Reality is an affair of Thirdness as Thirdness, that is, in its mediation between Secondness and Firstness.

Date: 
1903
References: 
EP 2:196-197
Citation: 
‘Metaphysics’ (pub. 04.02.13-20:57). 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-harvard-lectures-pragmatism-lecture-v-4.
Posted: 
Feb 04, 2013, 20:57 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 01:00 by Commens Admin