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Peircian, a.|ˈpɜːsɪən| [f. Peirce + -ian.] Of or relating to the American philosopher, Charles Sanders Peirce, his theories or methods.
1905Mind XIV. 237 The Peircian pragmatist. 1949Mind LVIII. 130 Mr. Feibleman is a well-known Peircian scholar. 1952Mind LXI. 205 This surely manifests a thoroughly Peircean attitude. 1965Amer. Philos. Q. II. 115/2 We mobilize the Peircean idea of an inductive community. 1978N. Jardine in Hookway & Pettit Action & Interpretation 123 Such a picture of scientific progress may encourage, though it does not entail, a Peircean vision of an ultimate science, an omega of human knowledge in which the essences of all things are revealed. |