Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jonathan Dancy, Sextus Empiricus and Barry Smith

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

2745	A pupil who lacks confidence may clearly know something but not be certain of it [Dancy,J]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 2. Common Sense Certainty

1889	If an argument has an absurd conclusion, we should not assent to the absurdity, but avoid the absurd argument [Sext.Empiricus]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism

2755	If senses are fallible, then being open to correction is an epistemological virtue [Dancy,J]