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All the ideas for 'The Pragmatist Account of Truth', 'Instrospection' and 'talk'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

22642

Man has an intense natural interest in the consistency of his own thinking [James]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths

22641

Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

6900	A prior understanding of beauty is needed to assert that the Form of the Beautiful is beautiful [Westaway]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

6956	At what point does an object become 'whole'? [Westaway]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism

22640

We find satisfaction in consistency of all of our beliefs, perceptions and mental connections [James]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 1. Introspection

5692	Introspection is not perception, because there are no extra qualities apart from the mental events themselves [Rosenthal]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 7. Chinese Room

7335	The Chinese Room should be able to ask itself questions in Mandarin [Westaway]