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Charles Sanders Peirce birth
Charles Sanders Peirce was an American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist born on 10 Sept 1839 in Cambridge Massachusetts. Charles was the son of Sarah Mills and Benjamin Peirce along with four brothers.
(Burch, R. Revised 12 Nov 2014, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Charles Sanders Peirce”, Stanford University, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce/#bio) -
Graduated from Harvard
Charles Sanders Peirce attended Harvard from 1855 to 1859 in which he graduated receiving his A.B. In 1861 he entered the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard receiving a Master's degree from Harvard in 1862 and then a Sc.B. with distinction (Summa cum Laude) in 1863.
(J J O'Connor and E F Robertson, "Charles Sanders Peirce",
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Worked for the United States Coast Survey
Charles worked for the United States Coast Survey beginning on 1 July 1859. He worked there for thirty-two years, from 1859 to 1891. He mainly did surveying and carrying out geodetic investigations. Some of this work he did was to finance his daily life along with his first wife while he devoted the main force of his thinking to abstract logic.
(J J O'Connor and E F Robertson, "Charles Sanders Peirce",
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Married
On 16 October 1863, Charles married Harriet Melusina Fay who came from a leading Cambridge family and was an active feminist campaigner. This marriage only lasted until 1876. (https://www.lifepersona.com/charles-sanders-peirce-biography-and-contributions) -
Creator of Pragmatism
Charles S. Peirce, came up with the concept that Pragmatism from a meeting held by the club of Metaphysics in Cambridge. Pragmatism is an approach that evaluates the meaning of theories of beliefs based on the practical application. Charles contribution to pragmatism reached Europe and was very important in the 20th centuries.
(Bosco, Shayna. “Charles Sanders Peirce: Biography and Contributions.” Life Persona, www.lifepersona.com/charles-sanders-peirce-biography-and-contributions. ) -
National Academy of Science
Charles was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (United States) in April 1877. (https://www.lifepersona.com/charles-sanders-peirce-biography-and-contributions) -
Teacher at John Hopkins University
Peirce got a second job teaching logic in the Department of Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University from 1879 to 1884 in which he was suddenly fired when the University found out that his second wife was a Gypsy in which he lived with before marriage and before his divorce from his first wife was finalized. -
The Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce with Adam Crabtree
Charles S. Peirce came up with the "Law of Mind". He believed that ideas spread continuously through the mind, and in order to affect other people, they need to stand in particular relation of affect-ability.
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Charles Sanders Peirce's death
Charles Sanders Peirce died from cancer in Milford, Pennsylvania. He left 80,000 unpublished manuscripts in which his widow wife sold to Harvard. (Burch, Robert. “Charles Sanders Peirce.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 12 Nov. 2014, plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce/.)
