Peirce Synonyms

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United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. benjamin peirce
United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Charles Peirce
  2. charles sanders peirce

Peirce Sentence Examples

  • Peirce, Science of the Stars, p. 84.

  • Young men of talent, on the contrary, found his instruction most stimulating, and after Bowditch's death in 1838 Peirce stood first among American mathematicians.

  • Hence the "principle of Peirce" may be formulated as being that "every truth has practical consequences, and these are the test of its truth."

  • Peirce in discussions with William James at Harvard University, and its meaning was expounded by him in an article on "How to make our Ideas clear" in the Popular Science Monthly for January 1878.

  • Some suffered serious psychological problems and required psychiatric hospitalization, said Gareth Peirce, a lawyer who represented some of the suspects.

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