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All the ideas for 'reports', 'The Nature of Things' and 'Pragmatism in Retrospect'

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10 ideas

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

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

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

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 7. Natural Sets

9406	A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

15730

Extreme nominalists say all classification is arbitrary convention [Quinton]

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

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The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton]

9407	Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals

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Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

8520	An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

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]