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Ideas for 'works', 'The Fixation of Belief' and 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature'

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 9. Rejecting Truth

4726	Rorty seems to view truth as simply being able to hold one's view against all comers [Rorty, by O'Grady]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

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Pragmatic 'truth' is a term to cover the many varied aims of enquiry [Peirce, by Misak]

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Peirce did not think a belief was true if it was useful [Peirce, by Misak]

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If truth is the end of enquiry, what if it never ends, or ends prematurely? [Atkin on Peirce]

2549	For James truth is "what it is better for us to believe" rather than a correct picture of reality [Rorty]