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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'Essay on a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances' and 'Pragmatism in Retrospect'

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

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

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

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

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]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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The probability of two events is the first probability times the second probability assuming the first [Bayes]