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In this paper I shall offer a connected set of notions by which Peirce’s vague notion of logical intention may be freed from its context of willfulness by connecting it instead with the representation-talk of our time. I shall do this by viewing logical categories and the expressions (‘particles’) they stand for, as representamens of most general and fundamental logical intentions. I shall name these fundamental logical intentions representational functions.
There is also such a thing as a general logical intention. (CP 1.609)
The present paper may be read as a sequel to my paper (Barth 1985).
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Barth, E.M. (1994). Logical Intention and Comparative Principles of Empirical Logic. In: Debrock, G., Hulswit, M. (eds) Living Doubt. Synthese Library, vol 243. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8252-0_20
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