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Charles Sanders Peirce (/pɜːrs/ purss; September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist. He is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". He was known for his works in logic, mathematics, philosophy, scientific methodology, and semiotics. Peirce was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Peirce died on April 19, 1914 in Milford, Pennsylvania at the age of 74.

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Peirce's birthplace. Now part of Lesley University's Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences.
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Juliette and Charles by a well at their home Arisbe in 1907

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