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| − | '''Charles Sanders Peirce''' (1839 – 1914) was an American mathematician, [[philosopher]], and [[scientist]]. | + | '''Charles Sanders Peirce''' (1839 – 1914) was an American logician, mathematician, [[philosopher]], and [[scientist]]. William James and other pragmatists credited Peirce as [[Pragmatism]]'s founder. Peirce eventually distinguished his own version as "Pragmaticism". He held that a conception's meaning is general and does not boil down to its actual consequences (or "cash value") but consists in the conceived object's ''conceivable'' practical consequences. He disagreed with other Pragmatists over what he called their "angry hatred of strict logic" and their views that, among other things, "truth is mutable" and "infinity is unreal".<ref>Peirce, C.S. (1908), "A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God", ''Hibbert Journal'' vol. 7, pp. 90-112. Reprinted in ''Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce'' vol. 6, paragraphs 452-485 and ''The Essential Peirce'' vol. 2, pp.434-450.</ref>. In his later years he was unable to obtain academic appointments. He and his second wife Juliette lived in Milford, Pennsylvania. He was considered a [[Polymath]] for his broad knowledge. |
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
| − | * Short, Thomas. "The Conservative Pragmatism of Charles Peirce," ''Modern Age'' Volume 43, Number 4; Fall 2001 [http://www.mmisi.org/ma/43_04/short.pdf online | + | * Houser, Nathan. "Charles S. Peirce", the Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianopolis [http://www.iupui.edu/~peirce/peirce/life/lifex.htm online edition]. |
| + | * Peirce Edition Project editors, "Chronology" (of Peirce's life), Indiana University-Purdue University Indianopolis, [http://www.iupui.edu/~peirce/peirce/chron.htm online text]. | ||
| + | * Short, Thomas. "The Conservative Pragmatism of Charles Peirce," ''Modern Age'' Volume 43, Number 4; Fall 2001 [http://www.mmisi.org/ma/43_04/short.pdf online text]. | ||
[[Category:Philosophers]] | [[Category:Philosophers]] | ||
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Charles Sanders Peirce (1839 – 1914) was an American logician, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist. William James and other pragmatists credited Peirce as Pragmatism's founder. Peirce eventually distinguished his own version as "Pragmaticism". He held that a conception's meaning is general and does not boil down to its actual consequences (or "cash value") but consists in the conceived object's conceivable practical consequences. He disagreed with other Pragmatists over what he called their "angry hatred of strict logic" and their views that, among other things, "truth is mutable" and "infinity is unreal".[1]. In his later years he was unable to obtain academic appointments. He and his second wife Juliette lived in Milford, Pennsylvania. He was considered a Polymath for his broad knowledge.
Further reading
- Houser, Nathan. "Charles S. Peirce", the Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianopolis online edition.
- Peirce Edition Project editors, "Chronology" (of Peirce's life), Indiana University-Purdue University Indianopolis, online text.
- Short, Thomas. "The Conservative Pragmatism of Charles Peirce," Modern Age Volume 43, Number 4; Fall 2001 online text.
- ↑ Peirce, C.S. (1908), "A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God", Hibbert Journal vol. 7, pp. 90-112. Reprinted in Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce vol. 6, paragraphs 452-485 and The Essential Peirce vol. 2, pp.434-450.