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Peirceanism

Peirceanism noun: the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce, 19th-20th century American logician, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, founder of pragmatism.

Noun

Peirceanism (uncountable)

  1. The philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce, 19th-20th century American logician, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, founder of pragmatism.

Origin of Peirceanism

Peircean + -ism

Questions about Peirceanism

What does Peirceanism mean?
Peirceanism means the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce, 19th-20th century American logician, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, founder of pragmatism.
What part of speech is Peirceanism?
Peirceanism is a noun.

Words near Peirceanism in the dictionary

  1. Peirce
  2. Peirce arrow
  3. Peirce arrows
  4. Peirce's law
  5. Peircean
  6. Peirceanism
  7. Peirceian
  8. Peircian
  9. peirosaurid
  10. peirosaurids
  11. Peirse

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