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‘Firstness’ (pub. 18.03.18-17:40). 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-letters-mario-calderoni.
Term: 
Firstness
Quote: 

I find that there are in the phaneron,
1st, elements each of which is (that is, appears to be, for we are speaking of phanera) sch as it is positively and regardless of anything else. I call these priman elements.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1905). Letters to Mario Calderoni. MS [R] L67.
References: 
MS [R] L67:17
Date of Quote: 
1905
URL: 

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