Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes


We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.


Citations

Peirce, Charles Sanders. Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce, Volume 1: Principles of Philosophy. Edited by Charles Hartshorne and Paul Weiss, Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 331.

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Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce
  • Born: September 10, 1839
  • Died: April 19, 1914
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Philosopher, Mathematician

Charles Sanders Peirce was an American philosopher, logician, mathematician and scientist who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism".