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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Pragmatism in Retrospect' and 'The Rejection of Consequentialism'

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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]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

490	Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]

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]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

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If the aim is good outcomes, why are killings worse than deaths? [Scheffler, by Foot]