Ideas of Timothy McGrew, by Theme
[American, fl. 2011, Professor at Western Michigan University.]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism
19682
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Internalists are much more interested in evidence than externalists are
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 3. Evidentialism / a. Evidence
19684
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Does spotting a new possibility count as evidence?
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19687
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Absence of evidence proves nothing, and weird claims need special evidence
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19688
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Every event is highly unlikely (in detail), but may be perfectly plausible
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19686
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Criminal law needs two separate witnesses, but historians will accept one witness
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19680
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Maybe all evidence consists of beliefs, rather than of facts
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19681
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If all evidence is propositional, what is the evidence for the proposition? Do we face a regress?
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19689
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Several unreliable witnesses can give good support, if they all say the same thing
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 3. Evidentialism / b. Evidentialism
19683
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Narrow evidentialism relies wholly on propositions; the wider form includes other items
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
19685
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Falsificationism would be naive if even a slight discrepancy in evidence killed a theory
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