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Ideas for 'The Philosophy of Philosophy', 'An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth' and 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature'

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 7. Falsehood
Asserting not-p is saying p is false [Russell]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 9. Rejecting Truth
Rorty seems to view truth as simply being able to hold one's view against all comers [Rorty, by O'Grady]
3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique
Correspondence to the facts is a bad account of analytic truth [Williamson]
3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth
For James truth is "what it is better for us to believe" rather than a correct picture of reality [Rorty]