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‘First Intention’ (pub. 26.03.16-13:10). 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-intention.
Term: 
First Intention
Quote: 

First intentions are those concepts which are derived by comparing percepts, such as ordinary concepts of classes, relations, etc.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1902). Intention. In J. M. Baldwin (Ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II (pp. 561). London: Macmillan and Co.
References: 
DPP 2:561; CP 2.548
Date of Quote: 
1902
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