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All the ideas for 'The Sign of Four', 'Pragmatism and Objective Truth' and 'Warrant and Proper Function'

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6 ideas

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

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Does the pragmatic theory of meaning support objective truth, or make it impossible? [Macbeth]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / b. Greek arithmetic

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Greek mathematics is wholly sensory, where ours is wholly inferential [Macbeth]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

6356	Maybe a reliable justification must come from a process working with its 'proper function' [Plantinga, by Pollock/Cruz]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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Seeing reality mathematically makes it an object of thought, not of experience [Macbeth]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

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If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts

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For pragmatists a concept means its consequences [Macbeth]