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CHARLES FRANKLIN PEIRCE
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Dictionary entry overview
• CHARLES FRANKLIN PEIRCE (noun)
The noun CHARLES FRANKLIN PEIRCE has 1 sense:
1. United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)
Familiarity information: CHARLES FRANKLIN PEIRCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHARLES FRANKLIN PEIRCE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Charles Franklin Peirce; Charles Peirce; Peirce
Instance hypernyms:
logician; logistician (a person skilled at symbolic logic)
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
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