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‘Second Intention’ (pub. 25.03.16-16:52). 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-new-list-categories-19.
Term: 
Second Intention
Quote: 

…second intentions are the objects of the understanding considered as representations, and the first intentions to which they apply are the objects of those representations.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1867). On a New List of Categories. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 7, 287-298.
References: 
W 2:56; CP 1.559
Date of Quote: 
1867
URL: 

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