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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Essentials of Pragmatism' and 'on Goodman's 'Ways of Worldmaking''

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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Every worldly event, without exception, is a redistribution of microphysical states [Quine]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 3. Pragmatism

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Instead of seeking Truth, we should seek belief that is beyond doubt [Peirce]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities

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A 'conception', the rational implication of a word, lies in its bearing upon the conduct of life [Peirce]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / b. Analysis of concepts

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The definition of a concept is just its experimental implications [Peirce]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]