Charles S. Peirce and the "Light of Nature

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 203, Issue , 2009, Pages 259-266

  Baker, Victor R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abductive inference; Galileo; Hypotheses; Light of nature; Peirce; Philosophy of geology; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHIES; EMPLOYMENT;

ABDUCTIVE INFERENCE; GALILEO; HYPOTHESES; PEIRCE; PRAGMATISM;

GEOLOGY;

BIOGRAPHY; GEODESY; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 77949817214     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.1203(18)     Document Type: Article

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