Charles Sanders Peirce
American scientist and mathematician
Charles Sanders Peirce was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss, Peirce was "the most original and versatile of America's... Wikipedia
Born: September 10, 1839, Cambridge, MA
Died: April 19, 1914 (age 74 years), Milford, PA
Influenced: William James, John Dewey, Umberto Eco, and more
Influenced by: Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Georg Cantor, and more
Parents: Benjamin Peirce and Sarah Hunt Mills
Spouse: Juliette Peirce (m. 1883) and Melusina Fay Peirce (m. 1860–1883)
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