Peirce

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  Peirce
       n 1: United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for
            his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)
            [syn: {Benjamin Peirce}]
       2: United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of
          pragmatism (1839-1914) [syn: {Charles Peirce}, {Charles


          Franklin Peirce}]