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“Possibility” would have answered the purpose.

As to Secondness, I have said that our only direct
knowledge of it is in Willing and in the experience of
a Perception. It is in Willing that the Secondness
comes out most strongly. But it is not pure Secondness.
For, in the first place, he who wills has a Purpose; and
that idea of purpose makes the act appear as a Means
to an end. Now the word Means is almost an exact synonym
to the word third. It certainly involves Thirdness.
Moreover, he who wills is conscious of doing so, in the sense of representing to himself that
he does so. But the idea of representation is precisely
genuine Thirdness. You must conceive an instantaneous
Consciousness that is instantly and totally forgotten
and an effort without purpose. We all recognize,
or at least ordinary common sense conceives
It is a hopeless
undertaking to try to realize what consciousness would be without
the element of representation. It would be like unexpectedly hearing