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Ideas for Kenelm Digby, Epicurus and Bertrand Russell

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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / b. Gettier problem
5430 A true belief is not knowledge if it is reached by bad reasoning [Russell]
5429 True belief is not knowledge when it is deduced from false belief [Russell]
6444 True belief about the time is not knowledge if I luckily observe a stopped clock at the right moment [Russell]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / c. Empirical foundations
5378 All knowledge (of things and of truths) rests on the foundations of acquaintance [Russell]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification
17639 Believing a whole science is more than believing each of its propositions [Russell]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism
21579 Objects are treated as real when they connect with other experiences in a normal way [Russell]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / b. Anti-reliabilism
22326 Knowledge needs more than a sensitive response; the response must also be appropriate [Russell]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
4549 Epicurus denied knowledge in order to retain morality or hedonism as the highest values [Nietzsche on Epicurus]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism
2668 Epicurus says if one of a man's senses ever lies, none of his senses should ever be believed [Epicurus, by Cicero]
6010 Illusions are not false perceptions, as we accurately perceive the pattern of atoms [Epicurus, by Modrak]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 5. Dream Scepticism
5365 Dreams can be explained fairly scientifically if we assume a physical world [Russell]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
21578 Global scepticism is irrefutable, but can't replace our other beliefs, and just makes us hesitate [Russell]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
1487 When entering a dark room it is colourless, but colour gradually appears [Epicurus]
1482 If two people disagree over taste, who is right? [Epicurus, by Plutarch]
1483 Bath water is too hot for some, too cold for others [Epicurus, by Plutarch]