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All the ideas for 'Concerning the Author', '75: Is 'Live Unknown' a Wise Precept?' and 'Letters to Jacques Lenfant'

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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]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

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The most primitive thing in substances is force, which leads to their actions and dispositions [Leibniz]

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]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5959	Some philosophers say the soul is light [Plutarch]