Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Alternative form of Peircean.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Peircian.

Examples

  • The third stage is a "most demanding type of science-religion discourse" which "embraces the full intent of the Peircian-Habermasian procedural account of rationality", not merely withdrawing claims that are counter-indicated by the evidence, but actively seeking to maximize traction between religion and science, and seeking those conversations that can lead to this end p.56.

    Archive 2009-05-01 James F. McGrath 2009

  • The third stage is a "most demanding type of science-religion discourse" which "embraces the full intent of the Peircian-Habermasian procedural account of rationality", not merely withdrawing claims that are counter-indicated by the evidence, but actively seeking to maximize traction between religion and science, and seeking those conversations that can lead to this end p.56.

    Adventures in the Spirit: Part One James F. McGrath 2009

  • Hartshorne rejects this metaphor on Peircian grounds.

    Charles Hartshorne Dombrowski, Dan 2009

  • As noted above, Peircian pragmatism had led the logical positivists into a debate over the nature of the verifiability theory of meaning and the host of difficulties which developed in the clarification of that theory.

    Sidney Hook Sidorsky, David 2008

  • Hook's belief in the primacy of scientific method presupposed the Peircian and Deweyan account of a generalized methodology for all the sciences.

    Sidney Hook Sidorsky, David 2008

  • Yet as an experimental theory according to Peircian pragmatic principles, it would admit of

    Sidney Hook Sidorsky, David 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.