‘First Intention’ (pub. 25.03.16-16:58). 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-20.
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.
URL:
http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-new-list-categories-20