Peirce
1839–1914
“The pragmatic maxim: a concept's meaning is its practical effects. Belief is what we act on.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TRTrust in Reason9 / 10
- TETrust in Experience9 / 10
- TDTheoretical Drive9 / 10
- CECommunal Embeddedness7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Lynn MargulisCARTOGRAPHER
Symbiogenesis — cells nested in cells; competition is not the whole story.
- Tommie ShelbyCARTOGRAPHER
Dark Ghettos — political philosophy of structural injustice.
- John SearleCARTOGRAPHER
The Chinese Room. Strong AI is impossible. Speech acts. Social reality from collective intentionality.
- Wilhelm WundtCARTOGRAPHER
Founder of experimental psychology; the social mind of peoples.
- Carl Friedrich GaussCARTOGRAPHER
Disquisitiones — non-Euclidean intuitions kept quietly in his desk.
- Miranda FrickerCARTOGRAPHER
Epistemic Injustice — the wrongs done to people as knowers.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Peirce's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Peirce or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREPeirce vs Lynn MargulisOn Mull's map Lynn Margulis sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶