Meanings
comparative more Peircean · superlative most Peircean · alternative Peirceian · alternative Peircian
- Of or pertaining to Charles S. Peirce, 19th-20th century American logician, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, founder of pragmatism.
1 more example
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.
Origin
Cite this entry
Peircean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peircean
“Peircean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peircean. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Peircean,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peircean.
Source: Peircean on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.