Dear Diane,
I agree with those that question whether Peirce would be comfortable using
notions of linear time, as Jon's quote highlights.
In the context of time conceptions (for me, time is simply a way of speaking) I
would prefer:
1st = the immediate experience
2nd = the accessible record
3rd = the manifold of unity
In brief: immediacy, record, unification.
It would be important for me to observe that no sequential nature should be
read into the process suggested by these categories, they covary in what I
would call "the eternal moment." The conception of time is a product of the
unifying effect of what Peirce calls "thirdness."
With respect,
Steven
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Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering
http://iase.info
On Mar 14, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Diane Stephens wrote:
> In the book Semiotics I by Donald Thomas, he includes a chart which shows
> concepts associated with firsts, seconds and thirds. For example, a first is
> quality, a second is fact and a third is law. I understand all but second as
> past as in:
>
> First - present
> Second - past
> Third - future
>
> I would appreciate some help.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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> Diane Stephens
> Swearingen Chair of Education
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> College of Education
> University of South Carolina
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