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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Perception an open hand, a fist is 'grasping', and holding that fist is knowledge [Zeno of Citium, by Long]

6346	The main epistemological theories are foundationalist, coherence, probabilistic and reliabilist [Pollock/Cruz]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

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A grasp by the senses is true, because it leaves nothing out, and so nature endorses it [Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

6351	Most people now agree that our reasoning proceeds defeasibly, rather than deductively [Pollock/Cruz]

6374	To believe maximum truths, believe everything; to have infallible beliefs, believe nothing [Pollock/Cruz]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / b. Direct realism

6355	Direct realism says justification is partly a function of pure perceptual states, not of beliefs [Pollock/Cruz]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

6359	Phenomenalism offered conclusive perceptual knowledge, but conclusive reasons no longer seem essential [Pollock/Cruz]