Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914

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Charles Sanders Peirce was an American logician, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Peirce was educated as a chemist and employed as a scientist for 30 years, but is appreciated largely by his contributions to logic, mathematics, philosophy, and semiotics (and his founding of pragmatism). Peirce was intermittently employed in various scientific capacities by the United States Coast Survey between 1859 and 1891.

From the description of Charles Sanders Peirce letter, 1860 Mar. 11. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 270775209

Peirce was a philosopher, logician, scientist, and the founder of pragmatism.

From the description of Charles Sanders Peirce papers, 1787-1951. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375372

Biographical Note: Charles S. Peirce was a physicist, mathematician, and logician and has been recognized as the founder of pragmatism.

He was born in Cambridge, Mass. in 1839. He received the B.S. degree (1859) and the M.A. degree (1862) from Harvard and was later employed, 1859-1860 and 1861-1891, by the U.S. Coast Survey where his discoveries in math, astronomy, and physics led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1877. Peirce lectured at The Johns Hopkins University in logic, 1879-1884, and presented a lecture series in philosophy at Harvard and the Lowell Institute. Charles S. Peirce died in 1914.

From the description of Charles S. Peirce notebook. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 49310138
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referencedIn Lewis Mumford Collection, 1931 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964. Papers of Edwin Bidwell Wilson, 1914-196? (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Eisele, Carolyn. The Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society : papers of Peter Hare (ed.), 1971-2002. SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo
referencedIn Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884 Smithsonian Institution Archives
creatorOf Peirce, C. C. Peirce letter, 1832 May 9. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
referencedIn Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880. Papers, ca. 1835-1880. Houghton Library
referencedIn William James correspondence, 1856-1910. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sebeok, Thomas Albert, 1920-. "You know my method" : a juxtaposition of Charles S. Peirce and Sherlock Holmes : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. [Collection of pamphlets by and about Charles S. Peirce. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Report on gravity at the Smithsonian, Ann Arbor, Madison, and Cornell, circa 1889. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Lowe, Victor, 1907-1988. Victor Lowe papers, 1929-1988. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Stewart, Allegra. The notebooks of Dr. Allegra Stewart : notes about five philosophers, primary and secondary sources / written and collected by Stewart in conjunction with her teaching and publications. Butler University Libraries
referencedIn Letters to James Haughton Woods, 1885-1931 and undated. Houghton Library
referencedIn Solon, Thomas E. [Charles S. Peirce House ephemera / assembled by Tom Solon] Athenaeum of Philadelphia
creatorOf Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Charles S. Peirce notebook. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Educators and Librarians Collection, 1846-1953 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Lovejoy, Arthur O. (Arthur Oncken), 1873-1962. Arthur O. Lovejoy papers, 1872-1963. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Butler, Charles. Charles Butler correspondence, 1862-1864. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Charles S. Peirce papers, 1859-1913 (inclusive), [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn Benjamin Peirce Papers. Houghton Library
referencedIn George F. Becker Papers, 1814-1928, (bulk 1870-1919) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Report on the distribution of intensities of gravity at the Smithsonian Institution, Ann Arbor, Madison, and Cornell University, 1889. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Woman's Education Association (Boston, Mass.). Woman's Education Association records, 1871-1935. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Peabody, Francis Greenwood, 1847-1936. Notes of lectures on philosophy by Francis Bowen, John Fiske, Charles S. Peirce, J. Elliot Cabot, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederic H. Hedge, George P. Fisher : delivered to graduate students in Harvard College, 1869-1870 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Fisch, Max Harold, 1900-. Papers relevant to the life and work of Charles S. Peirce. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Barnett, Samuel, 1850-1943. Samuel Barnett papers, 1909-1932. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936. George A. Plimpton papers, 1600-1940? Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Educators and librarians collection, 1846-1953. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn James McKeen Cattell Papers, 1835-1948, (bulk 1896-1948) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Note on definition of poetry [manuscript], n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Butler, Charles. Charles Butler correspondence, 1862-1864 [microform] Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Charles Sanders Peirce letter, 1860 Mar. 11. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
referencedIn Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Charles Sanders Peirce papers, 1787-1951. Houghton Library
referencedIn Buchler, Justus, 1914-. Charles Peirce's empiricism : typescript (carbon), [ca. 1939]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Wright, Chauncey, 1830-1875. Papers, 1850-1875 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Correspondence, ca. 1835-1880. Houghton Library
referencedIn Lenzen, Victor Fritz, 1890-1975. Victor Lenzen papers, [ca. 1904-1975]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 23: Coast And Geodetic Survey.
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Coast Guard. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. Correspondence with Alfred S. Dashiell, 1931-1940. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Shimony, Abner. Oral history interview with Abner Shimony, 2002 September 9 and 10. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Sebeok, Thomas Albert, 1920-. "You know my method" : journal article and production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?. Expositio in artem veterem Porphyrii et Aristotelis : manuscript, 1442. Houghton Library
creatorOf Sylvester, James Joseph, 1814-1897. Letter, 1879, January 11, Baltimore, to Professor Pierce [i.e., Peirce], Cambridge, Massachusetts : negative photostat. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn James, William, 1842-1910. Papers, 1803-1941 (bulk: 1862-1910) Houghton Library
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