Full Idea
Nothing is primitive or derivationally prior to anything apart from a constructional system.
Gist of Idea
Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system
Source
Nelson Goodman (Ways of Worldmaking [1978], 1.4c)
Book Reference
Goodman,Nelson: 'Ways of Worldmaking' [Hackett 1984], p.12
A Reaction
Something may be primitive not just because we can't be bothered to analyse it any further, but because even God couldn't analyse it. Maybe.