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Ideas for 'The Fixation of Belief', 'Our Knowledge of the External World' and 'Principles of Politics'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

6947	Metaphysics does not rest on facts, but on what we are inclined to believe [Peirce]

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Philosophical systems are interesting, but we now need a more objective scientific philosophy [Russell]

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Hegel's confusions over 'is' show how vast systems can be built on simple errors [Russell]

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Philosophers sometimes neglect truth and distort facts to attain a nice system [Russell]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Physicists accept particles, points and instants, while pretending they don't do metaphysics [Russell]