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Apparently some on the list find Peirce's distinction between the genuine and the degenerate inconvenient. But it's not that elusive for those who really want to know what Peirce is talking about. You could, for instance, consult the index of EP2, or the Commens Dictionary: 1903 | CSP's Lowell Lectures of 1903. 2nd Part of 3rd Draught of Lecture III | CP 1.535 Now we found the genuine and degenerate forms of Secondness by considering the full ideas of first and second. Then the genuine Secondness was found to be reaction, where first and second are both true seconds and the Secondness is something distinct from them, while in degenerate Secondness, or mere reference, the first is a mere first never attaining full Secondness. 1905 | Letters to Mario Calderoni | MS [R] L67:32-33 .that Secundanity which consists in one man's having a stature of 6 feet and another man's having a stature of 5 feet is a degenerate Secundanity, since each would be just what he is if the other were not there, and would be Second in the same way to a merely possible but non-existent man. Citation 'Degenerate Secondness'. Term 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/term/degenerate-secondness, 24.03.2018. Gary f. From: Jerry LR Chandler <[email protected]> Sent: 23-Mar-18 20:19 To: Stephen C. Rose <[email protected]>; Peirce List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants List: On Mar 23, 2018, at 6:20 PM, Stephen C. Rose <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: The degenerate notions elude me. Me, too. This term has a crisp meaning in physics/chemistry terminology. Cheers Jerry
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