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All the ideas for 'The Poetics', 'Criterion of Validity in Reasoning' and 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind'

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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]

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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

9807	In pursuing truth, anything less certain than mathematics is a waste of time [Descartes]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

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Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]