William Peirce (b. c. 1585 to d. 1645-1647), emigrated with his family to the new Colony of Virginia, where he became a valued soldier, as well as a planter, merchant and politician.
For Peirce, logic also encompassed much of what is now called epistemology and the philosophy of science. He saw logic as the formal branch of semiotics or study of signs, of which he is a founder, which foreshadowed the debate among logical…
The Peirce–Nichols House is a historic house museum located at 80 Federal Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Designed early in the career of noted Salem builder Samuel McIntire (1757–1811), and modified later by him, the building gives a unique…
Charles Sanders Peirce pocházel z rodiny profesora matematiky na Harvardské univerzitě. Vystudoval Harvardskou univerzitu, avšak nebylo mu umožněno věnovat se zcela akademické dráze - většinou pracoval jako zeměměřičský inženýr v U.S.