Quote from "The Logic Notebook"

Commens

Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Firstness’ (pub. 16.09.14-14:48). 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-logic-notebook.

Term:

Firstness

Quote:

In the contents of consciousness we recognize three sorts of elements, Firstness, Secondness, Thirdness. A First is whatever it is in itself regardless of all else whether exterior to it or parts of it. [—] Firstness is feeling-quality; secondness is brute reaction; thirdness is mediation.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1865-1909). The Logic Notebook. MS [R] 339.

References:

MS [R] 339:108r

Date of Quote:

1898-06-11

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-logic-notebook