The vital importance of firstness on Peirce’s philosophy

Abstract

This paper try to show the vital importance played by the category of Firstness within Charles Peirce’s philosophy, reflecting on the role of freedom in a symmetric relationship between subject-object and, more precisely, considering the ideas of consciousness and world. Furthermore, we try to show how Firstness becomes essential to the consideration of a genetic philosophy, as it can be found throughout the author’s thought.