Benjamin Peirce

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Manuscript | Posted 12/05/2015
Peirce, Charles S. (1905-06 [c.]). Chapter III. The Nature of Logical Inquiry. MS [R] 608

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., n.p., [1905-06?], pp. 1-3.
Dedekind and Benjamin Peirce on the relationship between logic and mathematics. Is logic mathematics?

Manuscript | Posted 28/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Lowell Lectures. 1903. Lecture 3. MS [R] 459

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., notebook, n.p., 1903, pp. 1-41.
The words “Won’t do” (by CSP) appear on the cover of the notebook. Definition of “mathematics.” Denial that mathematics...

Manuscript | Posted 25/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Lowell Lectures. 1903. Lecture 3. 1st draught. MS [R] 458

Robin Catalogue:
Science, mathematics, and quantity. Pure mathematics (the science of hypotheses) is divided in accordance with the complexity of its hypotheses. Simplest mathematics...

Manuscript | Posted 21/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (nd). Notes on B. Peirce's Linear Associative Algebra. MS [R] 78

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., n.p., n.d., pp. 1-5.
A defense of Benjamin Peirce’s definition of “mathematics”: Six possible objections noted and countered. Cf. G-1881-10 and MS. 18...

Manuscript | Posted 08/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1895 [c.]). Logic of Quantity. MS [R] 18

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., n.p., n.d., pp. 3-4.
Defense of a modified version of Benjamin Peirce’s definition of “mathematics.” Cf. MS. 78.

Manuscript | Posted 08/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1895 [c.]). On the Logic of Quantity. MS [R] 17

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., n.p., [c.1895], pp. 1-9; 7-10 of another draft.
This manuscript should be compared with MS. 16, to which it bears a special similarity. See also MS. 250...

Manuscript | Posted 04/02/2013
Peirce, Charles S. (1895 [c.]). On Quantity, with special reference to Collectional and Mathematical Infinity. MS [R] 15

From the Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., n.p., [c.1895], pp. 1-29, incomplete.
Same questions raised as in MS. 14. “Mathematics” defined, with extended comments on the divisions of the...