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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'Pragmatism in Retrospect' and 'Buddhacarita'

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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]

14796

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

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3570	Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]

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]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts

2748	A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self

7906	When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7904	The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha]

7905	The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha]