Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Novalis and Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
20188 Modern epistemology is too atomistic, and neglects understanding [Zagzebski]
20223 Epistemology is excessively atomic, by focusing on justification instead of understanding [Zagzebski]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 3. Value of Knowledge
20217 Truth is valuable, but someone knowing the truth is more valuable [Zagzebski]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs
12651 Some beliefs are only inferred when needed, like 'Shakespeare had not telephone' [Fodor]
20191 Some beliefs are fairly voluntary, and others are not at all so [Zagzebski]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / e. Belief holism
2502 How do you count beliefs? [Fodor]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 5. Aiming at Truth
20222 Knowledge either aims at a quantity of truths, or a quality of understanding of truths [Zagzebski]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 6. Knowing How
12628 Knowing that must come before knowing how [Fodor]