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'The Fixation of Belief', 'Our Knowledge of the External World' and 'Mad Pain and Martian Pain'
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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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]
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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]
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