Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Concerning the Author', 'Lewis on Perdurance versus Endurance' and 'Letters to Lelong'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

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Maybe particles are unchanging, and intrinsic change in things is their rearrangement [Lowe, by Lewis]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism

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Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism

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Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce]

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

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Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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Force in substance makes state follow state, and ensures the very existence of substance [Leibniz]