Question

This thinker divided the sciences into “Science of Discovery,” “Science of Review,” and “Practical Science.” A law named for this thinker states that P must be true if there is a proposition Q such that “P then Q” implies P. (-5[1])This thinker developed theories regarding the importance of continuity and “absolute chance,” respectively called synechism and tychism. This thinker listed “quality,” “relation,” and “representation” as “firstness,” “secondness,” and “thirdness” in “On a New List of Categories.” Every sign is either an icon, index, or symbol in this thinker’s theory of semiotics. (-5[1])This thinker included the method of tenacity among the methods of “settling opinion” in “The Fixation of Belief.” For 10 points, name this “father of pragmatism” (-5[1])who wrote “How to Make (-5[1])Our Ideas (-5[1])Clear.” ■END■ (10[3]0[4])

ANSWER: Charles Sanders Peirce (“purse”) [or C. S. Peirce]
<Purdue, Philosophy>
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California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%96.00
Florida2025-02-01Y333%0%33%77.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y650%0%83%125.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y667%0%33%101.50
Midwest2025-02-01Y683%0%33%99.60
North2025-02-01Y367%0%0%86.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y425%0%25%84.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y250%0%50%58.00
South Central2025-02-01Y250%0%50%26.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y425%0%50%97.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y967%0%33%89.00
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y333%0%33%124.00

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Alex ZhuCarnegie Mellon BMichigan B39-5
Elie AounCase Western AMichigan C90-5
Daniel HuangMichigan DMichigan State116-5
Aryan DesarapuMichigan AOhio State B121-5
Noah DeanKenyonCarnegie Mellon A123-5
Xavier MigliaccioCarnegie Mellon AKenyon12510
Reed SextonMichigan CCase Western A1250
Kevin ZhengMichigan BCarnegie Mellon B12510
Oliver ThompsonCase Western BOhio State A1250
Calvin BostlemanOhio State ACase Western B1250
Anton AkroushMichigan StateMichigan D1250
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BMichigan A12510