Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Machamer,P/Darden,L/Craver,C, Laurence Bonjour and Gorgias
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / a. Foundationalism
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Externalist theories of knowledge are one species of foundationalism [Bonjour]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / b. Basic beliefs
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The big problem for foundationalism is to explain how basic beliefs are possible [Bonjour]
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Conscious states have built-in awareness of content, so we know if a conceptual description of it is correct [Bonjour]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / d. Rational foundations
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A priori justification requires understanding but no experience [Bonjour]
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A priori justification can vary in degree [Bonjour]
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You can't explain away a priori justification as analyticity, and you can't totally give it up [Bonjour]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / e. Pro-foundations
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The main argument for foundationalism is that all other theories involve a regress leading to scepticism [Bonjour]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique
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The induction problem blocks any attempted proof of physical statements [Bonjour]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification
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A coherence theory of justification can combine with a correspondence theory of truth [Bonjour]
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There will always be a vast number of equally coherent but rival systems [Bonjour]
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Empirical coherence must attribute reliability to spontaneous experience [Bonjour]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism
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The objection that a negated system is equally coherent assume that coherence is consistency [Bonjour]
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A well written novel cannot possibly match a real belief system for coherence [Bonjour]
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A coherent system can be justified with initial beliefs lacking all credibility [Bonjour]
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The best explanation of coherent observations is they are caused by and correspond to reality [Bonjour]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique
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My incoherent beliefs about art should not undermine my very coherent beliefs about physics [Bonjour]
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Coherence seems to justify empirical beliefs about externals when there is no external input [Bonjour]
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Coherentists must give a reason why coherent justification is likely to lead to the truth [Bonjour]
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