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All the ideas for 'Pragmatism and Objective Truth', 'Paradox without Self-Reference' and 'talk'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

1403	A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG]

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

19086

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

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

9138	An infinite series of sentences asserting falsehood produces the paradox without self-reference [Yablo, by Sorensen]

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

19093

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

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

19091

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

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

19088

For pragmatists a concept means its consequences [Macbeth]