I think the most relevant way to see the triad is that Firsts are vague beginnings related to the opening of consciousness and consideration. Seconds are real barriers established to require a collision. The end result, the Third, is the area at which actualization, continuity and manifestation in the world are launched. In terms of Peirce I think continuity might be included at any poiint he considers what a third is.
Books http://buff.ly/15GfdqU Art: http://buff.ly/1wXAxbl Gifts: http://buff.ly/1wXADj3 On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Clark Goble <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I hope that you will have patience with what may be a very ignorant > question. In CP8.328, Perice defines thirdness as follows: > Thirdness is the mode of being of that which is such as it is, in bringing > a second and third into relation to each other. > > Now, I would have thought that thirdness brings a first and a second into > relation to each other. Why would Peirce say that thirdness brings a second > and a third into relation to each other? In which sense could thirdness > bring a second into relation with itself? Or what am I missing here? > > > I assume he means the relationship between quality/feeling and force in > terms of phenomenology. At least that’s how I’ve always taken it. > > The other way to think of it is in the more ontological rather than > phenomenological realm. That is the connection between actuality and > potential. Firstness is pure potential while secondness is actuality. > However the move from potential to actuality depends upon Peirce’s semiotic > realism (or objective idealism). I’d again point to Kelly Parker’s “Peirce > as a neoPlatonist” that I’ve referred to several times over the last week. > While again I note there are a few problems in it, I think it does a > fantastic job getting at how Peirce conceived of this ontologically. At > least how he did in his early period. > > I’d love to read Jeffrey’s paper if he’s interested in sharing - although > I won’t get to it until this weekend. Halloween and children being > cooperative of course. > > > > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > [email protected] . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to [email protected] with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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