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Charles Sanders Peirce

Born on September 10, 1839

187

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Charles Sanders Peirce ( PURSE; September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism".

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