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Quote: the highest criterion for abstraction is that it should be an identity or reducible to identities

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analytic truth
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empirical truth
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what is truth
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mathematical proof as a social process

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This is the unique and the highest criterion … should be an identity or reducible to identities. … So in matters of fact, i.e., contingent matters, … for us are whatever we perceive immediately within … To this one may add the great weight … deceive   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: the primary criterion for observed or experienced fact is our perceptions
Quote: facts are supported by the great weight of authority and of public testimony; it is not credible that many should conspire to deceive

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