Ideas from 'The Case for Closure' by John Hawthorne [2005], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Contemporary Debates in Epistemology (2nd ed)' (ed/tr Steup/Turri/Sosa) [Wiley Blackwell 2014,978-0-470-67209-9]].
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 2. Common Sense Certainty
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Commitment to 'I have a hand' only makes sense in a context where it has been doubted
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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / c. Knowledge closure
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How can we know the heavyweight implications of normal knowledge? Must we distort 'knowledge'?
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We wouldn't know the logical implications of our knowledge if small risks added up to big risks
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Denying closure is denying we know P when we know P and Q, which is absurd in simple cases
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