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All the ideas for 'Paradoxes: Form and Predication', 'The Languages of Art' and 'Criterion of Validity in Reasoning'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

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I reason in order to avoid disappointment and surprise [Peirce]

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

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That a judgement is true and that we judge it true are quite different things [Peirce]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Only study logic if you think your own reasoning is deficient [Peirce]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Saying 'they can become a set' is a tautology, because reference to 'they' implies a collection [Cargile]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

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Facts are hard unmoved things, unaffected by what people may think of them [Peirce]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language

8113	Art is like understanding a natural language, and needs a grasp of a symbol system [Goodman, by Gardner]