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'The Fixation of Belief', 'Intro to Classical Chinese Philosophy' and 'Can there be Vague Objects?'
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Realism is basic to the scientific method [Peirce]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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If someone doubted reality, they would not actually feel dissatisfaction [Peirce]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality
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Evans argues (falsely!) that a contradiction follows from treating objects as vague [Evans, by Lowe]
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Is it coherent that reality is vague, identities can be vague, and objects can have fuzzy boundaries? [Evans]
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Evans assumes there can be vague identity statements, and that his proof cannot be right [Evans, by Lewis]
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There clearly are vague identity statements, and Evans's argument has a false conclusion [Evans, by Lewis]
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