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Ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'The Pragmatist Account of Truth' and 'Mathematics without Foundations'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

9943	You can't deny a hypothesis a truth-value simply because we may never know it! [Putnam]
	Full Idea: Surely the mere fact that we may never know whether the continuum hypothesis is true or false is by itself just no reason to think that it doesn't have a truth value!
	From: Hilary Putnam (Mathematics without Foundations [1967])
	A reaction: This is Putnam in 1967. Things changed later. Personally I am with the younger man all they way, but I reserve the right to totally change my mind.

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths

22641	Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James]
	Full Idea: Realities are not true, they are; and beliefs are true of them.
	From: William James (The Pragmatist Account of Truth [1908], 'Fourth')
	A reaction: At last, a remark by James about truth which I really like. For 'realities' I would use the word 'facts'.