HOW TO MAKE OUR IDEAS CLEAR

It was the 10th of September, 1839 when Charles Sanders Peirce was born in Cambridge. He was an American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist. Peirce's early education was related to that of a chemist. He was employed as a scientist and remained so for about 30 years. Today, his contributions towards mathematics, logic, semiotics and philosophy are appreciated much. (Cadwallader, pp. 291-8)

Pierce wanted to understand the way people think or at least know the way people think and how to enable them to change their ideas. Pierce thinks that a few clear ideas are better than ...