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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy'' and 'On Providence'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

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

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

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]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness

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To be always happy is to lack knowledge of one half of nature [Seneca]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / a. External goods

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Nothing bad can happen to a good man [Seneca]

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

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The ocean changes in volume in proportion to the attraction of the moon [Seneca]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]