Combining Philosophers

Ideas for David O. Brink, John Duns Scotus and H.H. Price

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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

22129	Certainty comes from the self-evident, from induction, and from self-awareness [Duns Scotus, by Dumont]
	Full Idea: Duns Scotus grounded certitude in the knowledge of self-evident propositions, induction, and awareness of our own state.
	From: report of John Duns Scotus (works [1301]) by Stephen D. Dumont - Duns Scotus p.206
	A reaction: Induction looks like the weak link here.

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / b. Direct realism

22130	Scotus defended direct 'intuitive cognition', against the abstractive view [Duns Scotus, by Dumont]
	Full Idea: Scotus allocated to the intellect a direct, existential awareness of the intelligible object, called 'intuitive cognition', in contrast to abstractive knowledge, which seized the object independently of its presence to the intellect in actual existence.
	From: report of John Duns Scotus (works [1301]) by Stephen D. Dumont - Duns Scotus p.206
	A reaction: Presumably if you see a thing, shut your eyes and then know it, that is 'abstractive'. Scotus says open your eyes for proper knowledge.