Charles sanders peirce

Charles Sanders Peirce

By Reyna.Jose33

  • Birthdate

    [Charles was born in Cambridge Massachusetts. His Father was Benjamin Pierce; astronomer and Harvard mathematician; and Mother Sarah Hunt Mills; daughter of senator Mills.](Atkin, Albert. “Charles Sanders Peirce .” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, www.iep.utm.edu/peircebi/.)

  • A step towards his career

    [ In 1859 Charles graduated from Harvard. He stayed for another year and received a Master of arts Degree. He graduated again from Harvard's Lawrence Scientific School, with the first Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 1863. He was awarded the Summa cum Laude.] (Atkin, Albert. “Charles Sanders Peirce .” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, www.iep.utm.edu/peircebi/. )

  • First Job

    Charles Pierce was employed for 32 yrs by the U.S Coast Geodetic Survey. He would carry out geodetic investigations and survey them. He undertook some of his work to finance his diurnal existence, mainly using abstract logic thinking.Some of the geodetic tasks involved taking precise measurement's of the gravitational field by using swinging pendulums.(Burch, Robert.“Charles Sanders Peirce.”Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,Stanford University,12 Nov. 2014, plato.stanford.edu/entries/pierce/.)

  • "Father of "Pragmatism""

    Charles Sanders Peirce, came up with the concept that Pragmatism is practical consequences determines the meanings of beliefs and thoughts. His contribution to pragmatism reached Europe and was very important in the 20th centuries.
    (Bosco, Shayna. “Charles Sanders Peirce: Biography and Contributions.” Life Persona, www.lifepersona.com/charles-sanders-peirce-biography-and-contributions. )

  • Law of Mind

    Charles Sanders Peirce came up with the Law of Mind. Which is that ideas spread continuously to the mind, and in order to affect others they need to stand in peculiar relation of affectability. Nature and mind are ideas of growth.
    (Mishlove, Jeffrey. The Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce with Adam Crabtree, YouTube, 2 Apr. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMFka-MvteU. )

  • Death date

    Charles Sanders Peirce died in Milford, Pennsylvania, due to cancer, he lived in a period where there was lack of recourses, which caused his cancer to expand. He left 80,000 unpublished manuscripts his widow wife sold them to Harvard that same year.(Burch, Robert. “Charles Sanders Peirce.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 12 Nov. 2014, plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce/.)