The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses. — Charles Sanders Peirce
I think of consciousness as a bottomless lake, whose waters seem transparent, — Charles Sanders Peirce
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty. — Charles Sanders Peirce
Our whole past experience is continually in our consciousness, though most of — Charles Sanders Peirce
The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea. — Charles Sanders Peirce
It has often been argued that absolute scepticism is self-contradictory; but this — Charles Sanders Peirce
Consider what effects that might conceivably have practical bearings you conceive the — Charles Sanders Peirce
By an object, I mean anything that we can think, i.e. anything we can talk about. — Charles Sanders Peirce
We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong. — Charles Sanders Peirce
The one [the logician] studies the science of drawing conclusions, the other [ — Charles Sanders Peirce
Mathematics is distinguished from all other sciences except only ethics, in standing — Charles Sanders Peirce
Another characteristic of mathematical thought is that it can have no success — Charles Sanders Peirce
There is a kink in my damned brain that prevents me from thinking as other people think. — Charles Sanders Peirce
The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs. — Charles Sanders Peirce