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The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.

Charles Sanders Peirce

I think that I have succeeded in making it clear that this doctrine gives room for explanations of many facts which without it are absolutely and hopelessly inexplicable; and further that it carries along with it the following doctrines: first, a logical realism of the most pronounced type; second, objective idealism; third, tychism, with its consequent thoroughgoing evolutionism. We also notice that the doctrine presents no hindrences to spiritual influences, such as some philosophies are felt to do.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Charles Sanders Peirce

Charles Sanders Peirce

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Born: September 10, 1839

Died: April 19, 1914 (aged 74)

Bio: Charles Sanders Peirce was an American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". He was educated as a chemist and employed as a scientist for 30 years.

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The essential Peirce
Peirce on signs
Chance, love, and logic
Philosophical Writings of Peirce

Most used words:

idea, time, mind, general, feeling, law, science, thought, second, consciousness, logic, future, moment, infinitesimal, objects

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