Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Xenophanes, John M. Cooper and Thomas Nagel
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 2. Pragmatic justification
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Epistemology is centrally about what we should believe, not the definition of knowledge [Nagel]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 5. Controlling Beliefs
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We can't control our own beliefs [Nagel]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 8. Social Justification
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3270
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Justifications come to an end when we want them to [Nagel]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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411
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If we succeed in speaking the truth, we cannot know we have done it [Xenophanes]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
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Scepticism is based on ideas which scepticism makes impossible [Nagel]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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412
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If God had not created honey, men would say figs are sweeter [Xenophanes]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism
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You would have to be very morally lazy to ignore criticisms of your own culture [Nagel]
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