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Ideas for 'The Fixation of Belief', 'De modo distinguendi phaenomena' and 'A World of States of Affairs'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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If experience is just a dream, it is still real enough if critical reason is never deceived [Leibniz]

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The strongest criterion that phenomena show reality is success in prediction [Leibniz]

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Realism is basic to the scientific method [Peirce]

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

6949	If someone doubted reality, they would not actually feel dissatisfaction [Peirce]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

9497	Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong]