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Single Idea 3759

[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory ]

Full Idea

You can first come to know by remembering, as in learning how many windows there were in your childhood home by imagining a tour.

Gist of Idea

You can acquire new knowledge by exploring memories

Source

Bernecker / Dretske (Knowledge:Readings in Cont.Epist [2000], Pt.V Int)

Book Ref

'Knowledge: readings in contemp epistemology', ed/tr. Bernecker/Dretske [OUP 2000], p.434


The 10 ideas from Bernecker / Dretske

Justification can be of the belief, or of the person holding the belief [Bernecker/Dretske]
Foundationalism aims to avoid an infinite regress [Bernecker/Dretske]
Infallible sensations can't be foundations if they are non-epistemic [Bernecker/Dretske]
Justification is normative, so it can't be reduced to cognitive psychology [Bernecker/Dretske]
Modern arguments against the sceptic are epistemological and semantic externalism, and the focus on relevance [Bernecker/Dretske]
Semantic externalism ties content to the world, reducing error [Bernecker/Dretske]
Causal theory says true perceptions must be caused by the object perceived [Bernecker/Dretske]
You can acquire new knowledge by exploring memories [Bernecker/Dretske]
Predictions are bound to be arbitrary if they depend on the language used [Bernecker/Dretske]
Perception, introspection, testimony, memory, reason, and inference can give us knowledge [Bernecker/Dretske]