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Quote from ‘Minute Logic: Chapter III. The Simplest Mathematics’

Quote: 

It was Benjamin Peirce, whose son I boast myself, that in 1870 first defined mathematics as “the science which draws necessary conclusions.” This was a hard saying at the time; but today, students of the philosophy of mathematics generally acknowledge its substantial correctness.

Date: 
1902
References: 
CP 4.229
Citation: 
‘Mathematics’ (pub. 07.04.13-10:46). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-minute-logic-chapter-iii-simplest-mathematics-1.
Posted: 
Apr 07, 2013, 10:46 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:58 by Commens Admin