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• ... that mathematician '''[[Benjamin Peirce (nonfiction)|Benjamin Peirce]]''' | • ... that mathematician, logician, and philosopher '''[[Benjamin Peirce (nonfiction)|Benjamin Peirce]]''' famously said that "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions", and that Peirce was an apologist for slavery, opining that it should be condoned if it was used to allow an elite to pursue scientific inquiry? | ||
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• ... that mathematician, logician, and philosopher Benjamin Peirce famously said that "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions", and that Peirce was an apologist for slavery, opining that it should be condoned if it was used to allow an elite to pursue scientific inquiry?