The opinion which is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate, is what we mean by the truth, and the object represented in this opinion is the real.

Charles Sanders Peirce

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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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