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Who is Charles Sanders Peirce?
Charles Sanders Peirce was born on September 10, 1839 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and passed away on April 19, 1914 in Milford, Pennsylvania. Peirce graduated from Harvard in 1859 and received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1863. He was employed by the U.S Coast and Geodetic survey and he also taught in the department of Mathematics at John Hopkins University. -
The Father of Pragmatism
Peirce was sometimes known as the father of pragmatism. Pragmatism takes the meaning of a concept to depend upon its practical bearings. The upshot of this maxim is that a concept is meaningless if it has no practical or experiential effect on the way we conduct our lives or inquiries. William James and John Dewey also play a role in pragmatism.
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Peirce's work
The only full length book that Peirce authored and saw publish in his lifetime was Photometric Researches in 1873. Other articles published after his passing include; Chance, Love and Logic 1923, Charles Sanders Peirce: Contributions to The Nation, four volumes 1869-1908, The New Element of Mathematics 1976, Semiotic and Significs 1977, Now: Writings of Charles S. Peirce, A chronological Edition 1982 to name but a few. -
Quotes by Peirce
"Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question" "Unless man have a natural bent in accordance with nature's, he has no chance of understanding nature at all." "The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea." "Mere imagination would indeed be mere trifling; only no imagination is mere." -
References
Naturalistic Epistemology,” by Chase B. Wrenn, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ISSN 2161-0002, https://www.iep.utm.edu/, today’s date. Burch, Robert, "Charles Sanders Peirce", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2018 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.) https://quotes.yourdictionary.com/author/charles-sanders-peirce/181002
