Category Archives: Thirdness

Absurdum Quid

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

I am thus justified in saying that the feeling of absurdity does not spring from the mere scrutiny of a fact or an impression, but that it bursts from the comparison between a bare fact and a certain reality, between … Continue reading →

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Triadic Relation Irreducibility • 2

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Matt Faunce • Jon Awbrey • Jon Awbrey Though my present object has more to do with the logical and mathematical aspects of triadic relations than it does with their psychological embodiments, the following exchange on … Continue reading →

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Triadic Relation Irreducibility • 1

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

The core insight of Peirce’s conceptual system is the recognition that triadic relations are sui generis, constituting a class by themselves.  Understanding the properties of triadic relations and the consequences of their irreducibility is critical to understanding Peirce’s thought and work.  … Continue reading →

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C.S. Peirce • The Reality of Thirdness

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Selections from C.S. Peirce, “Lowell Lectures of 1903”, CP 1.343–349 343.   We may say that the bulk of what is actually done consists of Secondness — or better, Secondness is the predominant character of what has been done.  The immediate … Continue reading →

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