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'The Fixation of Belief', 'Are Freedom and Equality Compatible?' and 'On the Plurality of Worlds'
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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 / 7. Fictionalism
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Abstractions may well be verbal fictions, in which we ignore some features of an object [Lewis]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
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Vagueness is semantic indecision: we haven't settled quite what our words are meant to express [Lewis]
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Whether or not France is hexagonal depends on your standards of precision [Lewis]
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