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    It is not the case that Peirce and the pragmatist tradition argue that successful long-run scientific inquiry converges on truths that constrain and are constrained by mind-independent reality.

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    • 1.We cannot access mind-independent reality except through theory-laden observation, making convergence claims empirically unverifiable.
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    • 2.Scientific revolutions show past successful theories were false, undermining claims that long-run inquiry converges on truth.
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    • 3.Pragmatic success (prediction/control) doesn't entail truth about reality's nature; useful fictions can work equally well.
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    • 1.Scientific predictions consistently succeed across diverse domains, suggesting inquiry tracks mind-independent regularities.
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    • 2.Different research communities converge on similar theories despite varied starting assumptions, indicating external constraint.
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    • 3.Experiments repeatedly falsify theories, showing reality resists arbitrary conceptual schemes we impose on it.
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