Birthdate: September 10, 1839
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 19, 1914
Charles Sanders Peirce was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher credited with being the “father of pragmatism.” Educated as a chemist, he made significant contributions to logic, including theories of relations and quantification. Peirce’s work in logic extended to epistemology and the philosophy of science. He is known for founding the study of signs and introducing a tripartite theory of predication. Peirce also defined abductive reasoning, formulated mathematical induction and deductive reasoning, and was a pioneer in statistics. In metaphysics, he was an “objective idealist” and held views on continuity and chance in the universe.
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