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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet' and 'Two Problems of Epistemology'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

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

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If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

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The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]