Charles Sanders Peirce
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| + | '''Charles Sanders Peirce''' (pronounced ''purse''), ([[September 10]], [[1839]] – [[April 19]], [[1914]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]] influential to [[semiotics]] and [[process philosophy]]. | ||
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| + | Although Peirce was educated as a chemist and was employed as a scientist for 30 years, it is for his contributions to logic, mathematics, philosophy, and the theory of signs, or [[semiotics]], that he is largely appreciated today. The philosopher [[Paul Weiss (philosopher)|Paul Weiss]], writing in the ''[[Dictionary of American Biography]]'' for 1934, called Peirce "the most original and versatile of American philosophers and America's greatest logician". | ||
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| + | Peirce was largely [[ignore]]d during his lifetime, and the secondary literature was scant until after [[World War II]]. Much of his huge output is still unpublished. Although he wrote mostly in [[English language|English]], he published some popular articles in [[French language|French]] as well. An innovator in fields such as mathematics, research methodology, the [[philosophy of science]], [[epistemology]], and [[metaphysics]], he considered himself a [[logic|logician]] first and foremost. While he made major contributions to formal logic, "logic" for him encompassed much of what is now called the philosophy of science and epistemology. He, in turn, saw logic as a branch of [[semiotics]], of which he is a founder. In 1886, he saw that logical operations could be carried out by electrical switching circuits, an idea used decades later to produce digital computers. | ||
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Charles Sanders Peirce (pronounced purse), (September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American philosopher influential to semiotics and process philosophy.
Praise
Although Peirce was educated as a chemist and was employed as a scientist for 30 years, it is for his contributions to logic, mathematics, philosophy, and the theory of signs, or semiotics, that he is largely appreciated today. The philosopher Paul Weiss, writing in the Dictionary of American Biography for 1934, called Peirce "the most original and versatile of American philosophers and America's greatest logician".
Largely ignored during his lifetime
Peirce was largely ignored during his lifetime, and the secondary literature was scant until after World War II. Much of his huge output is still unpublished. Although he wrote mostly in English, he published some popular articles in French as well. An innovator in fields such as mathematics, research methodology, the philosophy of science, epistemology, and metaphysics, he considered himself a logician first and foremost. While he made major contributions to formal logic, "logic" for him encompassed much of what is now called the philosophy of science and epistemology. He, in turn, saw logic as a branch of semiotics, of which he is a founder. In 1886, he saw that logical operations could be carried out by electrical switching circuits, an idea used decades later to produce digital computers.
