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Famous quotes containing the word peirce:

“A true proposition is a proposition belief which would never lead to such disappointment so long as the proposition is not understood otherwise than it was intended.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)

“The opinion which is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate, is what we mean by the truth, and the object represented in this opinion is the real. That is the way I would explain reality.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)

“It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know how it must turn out at last.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)