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All the ideas for 'How to Make our Ideas Clear', 'Law, Pragmatism and Democracy' and 'A Puzzle about Belief'

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

7661	Truth is the opinion fated to be ultimately agreed by all investigators [Peirce]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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Our whole conception of an object is its possible practical consequences [Peirce]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / b. Elements of beliefs

7660	We are aware of beliefs, they appease our doubts, and they are rules of action, or habits [Peirce]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

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Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

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Non-positivist verificationism says only take a hypothesis seriously if it is scientifically based and testable [Ladyman/Ross on Peirce]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy

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Democracy is competition for support of the people, guided by self-interest on all sides [Posner]