Peirce may refer to:
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Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce ( ; September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss (philosopher), Paul ...
(1839–1914), American philosopher, founder of pragmatism
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Peirce College
Peirce College is a private college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It focuses on adult education.
History 19th century
In 1865, Thomas May Peirce, a Philadelphia educator, founded the Union Business College. The curriculum was ...
, Philadelphia, formerly known as Peirce College of Business, Peirce Junior College and Peirce School of Business Administration
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Peirce School
The Peirce School (also known as Old Peirce School) is a historic school building at 88 Chestnut Street, corner of Austin Street, in West Newton, Massachusetts. The brick building was built in 1895 and operated by the Newton Public Schools as ...
(also known as Old Peirce School), West Newton, Massachusetts
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Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies, an elementary school in Chicago
Others
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Peirce (crater)
Peirce is a small Lunar craters, lunar impact crater in the western part of Mare Crisium. That dark, circular lunar mare is located in the east-northeasterly part of the Moon's near side. It was named after the American mathematician Benjamin P ...
, a lunar crater
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Peirce (given name) Peirce is a given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of ...
, including a list of people with the given name
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Peirce (surname)
Peirce is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include:
* Augustus Baker Peirce (1840–1919) American traveler; riverboat captain and artist in Australia
* Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880), American mathematician, known for Peirce ...
, including a list of people with the surname
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Pierce (disambiguation)
Pierce may refer to:
Places Canada
* Pierce Range, a mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
United States
* Pierce, Colorado
* Pierce, Idaho
* Pierce, Illinois
* Pierce, Kentucky
* Pierce, Nebraska
* Pierce, Texas
* Pierce, ...
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Peirse (disambiguation) Peirse may refer to:
People with the surname
*Henry Peirse (1750s–1824), English politician
*Richard Peirse (Royal Navy officer) (1860–1940), English Royal Navy officer
*Richard Peirse (1892–1970), English RAF commander
*Richard Peirse (RAF o ...
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