“When anything is present to the mind, what is the very first and simplest character to be noted in it, in every case, no matter how little elevated the object may be? Certainly, it is its presentness .”
Quote by Charles Sanders Peirce
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Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce
The Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce is a seminal work that gathers together the extensive and varied writings of one of the most influential thinkers of the 19th century. The collection offers insights into Peirce's contributions to the development of pragmatism, semiotics, and the philosophy of science. It includes his seminal essay 'How to Make Our Ideas Clear,' as well as numerous other works that explore the nature of truth, the role of the individual in knowledge, and the structure of scientific inquiry. more
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Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce was an American philosopher, logician, and scientist, born on September 10, 1839, and died on April 19, 1914. Known as the founder of modern symbolic logic, Peirce's philosophical ideas have had a profound impact on fields such as logic, philosophy of science, and cognitive science. more
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