Ideas from 'works' by Charles Sanders Peirce [1892], by Theme Structure
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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Super-ordinate disciplines give laws or principles; subordinate disciplines give concrete cases [Atkin]
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3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth
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Pragmatic 'truth' is a term to cover the many varied aims of enquiry [Misak]
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Peirce did not think a belief was true if it was useful [Misak]
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If truth is the end of enquiry, what if it never ends, or ends prematurely? [Atkin]
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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 3. If-Thenism
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Pure mathematics deals only with hypotheses, of which the reality does not matter
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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence
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Bivalence is a regulative assumption of enquiry - not a law of logic [Misak]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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The real is the idea in which the community ultimately settles down
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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
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Peirce and others began the mapping out of relations [Hart,WD]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
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Peirce's later realism about possibilities and generalities went beyond logical positivism [Atkin]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism
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The possible can only be general, and the force of actuality is needed to produce a particular
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism
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Inquiry is not standing on bedrock facts, but standing in hope on a shifting bog
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