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Peirce, Charles Sanders(encyclopedia)
Peirce, Charles Sanders(dictionary)

Peirce (iou)



Peirce noun. E20.
[C. S. Peirce (1839-1914), US pragmatic philosopher and logician.]
Used in possess. with ref. to the theories or methods of Peirce.
Peirce's Law a logical formula relating to implication, which can be expressed as [(P &subsr; Q) &subsr; P] &subsr; P.
Peircian adjective of or relating to the theories or methods of Peirce E20.