Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.
Philosophers
Charles Sanders Peirce
Founder of pragmatism and modern semiotics (1839-1914). Barred from Harvard and a Coast Survey scientist for thirty years, Peirce built a relational logic and triadic sign theory that AI keeps rediscovering.
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