Thirdness along the Intuitional Path: Reflections from Maritain and Peirce

Abstract

This inquiry exposits Maritain’s and Peirce’s account of the preconditions for emergence of event relations. This spotlights Maritain’s model of how to prepare for the receipt of objective intellection, as well as Peirce’s treatment of abductive inferencing. It further identifies the foundational representations (signs) which compel the intuitional/inferencing process. The ultimate illustration of inferencing for Peirce is