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All the ideas for 'The Definition of Good', 'Criterion of Validity in Reasoning' and 'talk'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

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I reason in order to avoid disappointment and surprise [Peirce]

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

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That a judgement is true and that we judge it true are quite different things [Peirce]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Only study logic if you think your own reasoning is deficient [Peirce]

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Set theory and logic are fairy tales, but still worth studying [Tarski]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

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Facts are hard unmoved things, unaffected by what people may think of them [Peirce]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

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I am a deeply convinced nominalist [Tarski]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism

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The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics [Ewing]