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December 17, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed

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American Civil War	1,371	1,371
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1880 to 1891	1,328	1,328
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Works	9,043	9,043
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Mathematics of logic	665	665
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Theory of categories	1,849	1,849
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See also	496	641
Contemporaries associated with Peirce	145	145
Notes	23	23
References	30	30
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Category:Analytic philosophers edit

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Hee's been placed under Category:Analytic philosophers . Any citation backing this? FatalSubjectivities (talk) 19:10, 22 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Article structure edit

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I've flattened out the article some so that a "Philosophy" top-level header doesn't comprise most of the article's content, but I'm unsure what to do with the connective material between his contributions to specific fields. Remsense诉 07:42, 9 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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