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All the ideas for 'Cosmic Apprentice', 'Physiologia' and 'Pragmatism in Retrospect'

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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D]

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

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Independent truth (if there is any) is the ultimate result of sufficient enquiry [Peirce]

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Peirce's theory offers anti-realist verificationism, but surely how things are is independent of us? [Horsten on Peirce]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

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The quantity is just the matter, in that it has extended parts and is diffuse [Charleton]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 3. Pragmatism

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Pragmatism is a way of establishing meanings, not a theory of metaphysics or a set of truths [Peirce]