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‘Firstness’ (pub. 08.01.13-18:32). 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-guess-riddle.
Term: 
Firstness
Quote: 

Indeterminacy, then, or pure firstness, and hæcceity, or pure secondness, are facts not calling for and not capable of explanation.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1887-1888). A Guess at the Riddle. MS [R] 909.
References: 
EP 1:275; CP 1.405
Date of Quote: 
1887-1888
URL: 

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