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'Concerning the Author', 'Problems of Philosophy' and 'Writings from Late Notebooks'
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
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Knowledge cannot be precisely defined, as it merges into 'probable opinion' [Russell]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / b. Elements of beliefs
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Belief relates a mind to several things other than itself [Russell]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs
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We have an 'instinctive' belief in the external world, prior to all reflection [Russell]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First
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We can't use our own self to criticise our own capacity for knowledge! [Nietzsche]
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism
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Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce]
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito
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Descartes showed that subjective things are the most certain [Russell]
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 5. Cogito Critique
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Belief in the body is better established than belief in the mind [Nietzsche]
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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / b. Direct realism
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'Acquaintance' is direct awareness, without inferences or judgements [Russell]
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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / c. Representative realism
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Russell (1912) said phenomena only resemble reality in abstract structure [Russell, by Robinson,H]
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There is no reason to think that objects have colours [Russell]
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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism
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'Idealism' says that everything which exists is in some sense mental [Russell]
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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 4. Solipsism
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It is not illogical to think that only myself and my mental events exist [Russell]
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