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“True science is distinctively the study of useless things. For the useful things will get studied without the aid of scientific men. To employ these rare minds on such work is like running a steam engine by burning diamonds.”

Quote by Charles Sanders Peirce

Book:Collected Papers

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Collected Papers

This book serves as a comprehensive collection of the authors' published and unpublished works, offering insights into their academic and intellectual contributions across various disciplines. 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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