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All the ideas for 'works', 'How to Make our Ideas Clear' and 'Scientific Realism'

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7 ideas

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

7661	Truth is the opinion fated to be ultimately agreed by all investigators [Peirce]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

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Scientific properties are defined by the laws that embody them [Psillos, by Ladyman/Ross]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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Our whole conception of an object is its possible practical consequences [Peirce]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / b. Elements of beliefs

7660	We are aware of beliefs, they appease our doubts, and they are rules of action, or habits [Peirce]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

14906

Non-positivist verificationism says only take a hypothesis seriously if it is scientifically based and testable [Ladyman/Ross on Peirce]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

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Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]