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Ideas for 'The Philosophy of Philosophy', 'Why there isn't a ready-made world' and 'The Art of the Infinite'

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

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Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam]

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

9601	The realist/anti-realist debate is notoriously obscure and fruitless [Williamson]

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It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality

9599	There cannot be vague objects, so there may be no such thing as a mountain [Williamson]