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All the ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'works' and 'Pragmatism and Objective Truth'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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Definition just needs negation, known variables, conjunction, disjunction, substitution and quantification [Weyl, by Lavine]

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

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Does the pragmatic theory of meaning support objective truth, or make it impossible? [Macbeth]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / b. Greek arithmetic

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Greek mathematics is wholly sensory, where ours is wholly inferential [Macbeth]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

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A composite is a true unity if all of its parts fall under one essence [Scheibler]

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

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Seeing reality mathematically makes it an object of thought, not of experience [Macbeth]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts

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For pragmatists a concept means its consequences [Macbeth]