Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Xenophanes, John McDowell 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 / 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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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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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 / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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If God had not created honey, men would say figs are sweeter [Xenophanes]
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