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All the ideas for 'Symposium', 'The Logical Basis of Metaphysics' and 'Pragmatism in Retrospect'

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5 ideas

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

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

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

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / c. not

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Classical negation is circular, if it relies on knowing negation-conditions from truth-conditions [Dummett]

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 / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

5845	Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon]