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“Theology, I am persuaded, derives its initial impulse from a religious wavering; for there is quite as much, or more, that is mysterious and calculated to awaken scientific curiosity in the intercourse with God, and it [is] a problem quite analogous to that of theology.”

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Book:Scientific meta-physics
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Scientific meta-physics

This book delves into the complex relationship between scientific inquiry and metaphysical speculation, offering insights into the philosophical underpinnings of scientific thought. more

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Charles Sanders Peirce
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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Book:Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce
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Book:The Essential Peirce, Volume 1: Selected Philosophical Writings? (1867–1893)
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“The percept is the reality. It is not in propositional form. But the most immediate judgment concerning it is abstract. It is therefore essentially unlike the reality, although it must be accepted as true to that reality. Its truth consists in the fact that it is impossible to correct it, and in the fact that it only professes to consider one aspect of the percept.”

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Book:The collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce: pragmatism and pragmaticism
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Book:Selected Writings (Values in a Universe of Chance)
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