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Type: 
Article in Journal
Author: 
De Waal, Cornelis
Title: 
Why Metaphysics Needs Logic and Mathematics Doesn't: Mathematics, Logic, and Metaphysics in Peirce's Classification of the Sciences
Year: 
2005
Journal: 
Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society
Volume: 
41
Issue: 
2
Pages: 
283-297
Keywords: 
Mathematics, Logic, Metaphysics, Classification of Sciences, Auguste Comte
Abstract: 
Discusses the difference between mathematics and metaphysics regarding their relation to logic. Examination of Auguste Comte's classification of sciences; Comparison of Comte's classification with that of logician Charles Peirce; Views of Peirce on mathematics, logic and metaphysics.
ISSN: 
00091774
Language: 
English