Peircean
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or pertaining to Charles S. Peirce, 19th-20th century American logician, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, founder of pragmatism.
"2000, Torben Braüner, Per Hasle, and Peter Øhstrøm, "Determinism and the Origins of Temporal Logic", pages 185-206 in Howard Barringer, Michael Fisher, Dov Gabbay, and Graham Gough, editors, Advances in Temporal Logic, Applied Logic Series 16, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Furthermore, the treatment of determinism in two of Prior's proposed temporal systems, namely the Ockhamistic and Peircean systems, is investigated."
Example
More examples"2000, Torben Braüner, Per Hasle, and Peter Øhstrøm, "Determinism and the Origins of Temporal Logic", pages 185-206 in Howard Barringer, Michael Fisher, Dov Gabbay, and Graham Gough, editors, Advances in Temporal Logic, Applied Logic Series 16, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Furthermore, the treatment of determinism in two of Prior's proposed temporal systems, namely the Ockhamistic and Peircean systems, is investigated."
Etymology
From Peirce + -an.
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