I did a check against an aging photocopy of the MS of the quote from Peirce in my recent message, and found some errors of transcription, and also a typo of punctuation that needed correction as well. I also include in this correction an indication of the words which are underlined in the original (using flanking underscores). I show one illegible word as a set of six question marks enclosed in brackets because the illegible word appears to have six letters, maybe seven.
Here is the passage again, corrected (though not infallibly): A _primal_ is that which is _something_ that is _in itself_ regardless of anything else. A _Potential_ is anything which is in some respect determined but whose being is not definite. A _Feeling_ is a state of determination of consciousness which apparently might in its own nature (neglecting our experience of [??????] etc.) continue for some time unchanged and that has no reference of [NOTE: should be "to"] anything else. I call a state of consciousness _immediate_ which does not refer to anything not present in that very state. I use the terms _immediate_ and _direct_, not according to their etymologies but so that to say that A is _immediate_ to B means that it is present in B. _Direct_, as I use it means without the aid of any subsidiary instruments or operation. -- MS 339.493; c. 1904-05 Logic Notebook Joe Ransdell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Ransdell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Peirce Discussion Forum" <peirce-l@lyris.ttu.edu> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:59 PM Subject: [peirce-l] immediate/mediate, direct/indirect This bears on nothing currently under discussion, but I happened upon a note copying a passage from the Logic Notebook in which Peirce explicitly defines immediate and direct and thought I should record it here, given how frequently the question comes up.. Of course it may or may not record his actual usage, but only an intended usage at that time. But it can be compared with other passages in which the terms are defined. Anyway, it goes as follows: A primal is that which is something that is in itself regardless of anything else. A Potential is anything which is in some respect determined but whose being is not definite A Feeling is a state of determination of consciousness which apparently might in its own nature (neglecting our experience of it etc.) continue for some time unchanged and that has no reference of anything else I call a state of consciousness immediate which does not refer to anything not present in that very state I use the terms immediate and direct, not according to their etymologies but so that to say that A is immediate to B means that it is present in B. Direct, as I use it means without the aid of any subsidiary [unreadable word] or operation. -- MS 339.493; c. 1904-05 Logic Notebook Joe Ransdell -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.8/260 - Release Date: 2/14/2006 --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.8/260 - Release Date: 2/14/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.8/260 - Release Date: 2/14/2006 --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber archive@mail-archive.com
