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'A Discourse on Method', 'A Matter of Principle' and 'Virtues of the Mind'
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
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Modern epistemology is too atomistic, and neglects understanding [Zagzebski]
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Epistemology is excessively atomic, by focusing on justification instead of understanding [Zagzebski]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 3. Value of Knowledge
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Truth is valuable, but someone knowing the truth is more valuable [Zagzebski]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
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We can believe a thing without knowing we believe it [Descartes]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs
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Some beliefs are fairly voluntary, and others are not at all so [Zagzebski]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 5. Aiming at Truth
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Knowledge either aims at a quantity of truths, or a quality of understanding of truths [Zagzebski]
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty
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In morals Descartes accepts the conventional, but rejects it in epistemology [Roochnik on Descartes]
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito
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In thinking everything else false, my own existence remains totally certain [Descartes]
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