Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Pythagoras, A.C. Ewing and David Lewis
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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification
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Justification is neither sufficient nor necessary for knowledge [Lewis]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism
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We can no more expect a precise definition of coherence than we can of the moral ideal [Ewing]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique
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If undetailed, 'coherence' is just a vague words that covers all possible arguments [Ewing]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 2. Causal Justification
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General causal theories of knowledge are refuted by mathematics [Lewis]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / a. Contextualism
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Knowing is context-sensitive because the domain of quantification varies [Lewis, by Cohen,S]
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We have knowledge if alternatives are eliminated, but appropriate alternatives depend on context [Lewis, by Cohen,S]
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