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Peirceian

Peirceian is the alternative form of Peircean.

Meaning of Peircean

Adjective

Peircean (comparative more Peircean, superlative most Peircean)

  1. Of or pertaining to Charles S. Peirce, 19th-20th century American logician, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, founder of pragmatism.
    • Furthermore, the treatment of determinism in two of Prior's proposed temporal systems, namely the Ockhamistic and Peircean systems, is investigated.2000, Torben Braüner, Per Hasle, and Peter Øhstrøm, "Determinism and the Origins of Temporal Logic", pages 185-206 in Howard Barringer, Michael Fisher, Dov Gabbay, and Graham Gough, editors, Advances...

Forms of Peirceian

comparativemore Peirceian
superlativemost Peirceian

Questions about Peirceian

What is Peirceian the alternative form of?
Peirceian is the alternative form of Peircean.

Words near Peirceian in the dictionary

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

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