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Charles Sanders Peirce Born
Peirce was one of 4 sons to Sarah Mills and Benjamin Peirce in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Early childhood was an easy headstart to education due to the fact that his father, Benjamin Peirce, was a professor of astronomy and mathematics at Harvard University. -
College Life
Peirce attended Harvard University following in his father's footsteps. He studied science and chemistry and graduated Harvard in 1859 and received a bachelors degree in chemistry in 1863. Charles was a low grade student, usually the bottom third in his class. -
Charles Sanders Peirce Works
Charles Sanders Peirce was known for the findings of American Pragmatism. Pragmatism is an approach that assesses the truth of meaning of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application. It's a way of daling with problems or situations that focuses on practical approaches and solutions. He's published 12,000 printed pages and 80,000 handwritten pages. Collectively titles "Illustrations of the Logic of Science" and "Popular Science Monthly". -
Distinguishing a Person
Charles Sanders Peirce was a distinguished individual in his thoughts that separated himself from other philosophers. He believed that for any statement to be meaningful, it must have practical bearings and meainings.
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Remembering Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles received international recognition and was in frequent disagreement with administrators from 1885 and onward. He resigned at the end of 1891 and was a consulting chemical engineer, mathematician, and inventor until he died on April 19th, 1914 in Milford, Pennsylvania.
