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Ideas for 'Set Theory', 'Events and Their Names' and 'Intro to Contemporary Epistemology'

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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic

2794	Knowing that a cow is not a horse seems to be a synthetic a priori truth [Dancy,J]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

2780	Perception is either direct realism, indirect realism, or phenomenalism [Dancy,J]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / e. Primary/secondary critique

5679	We can't grasp the separation of quality types, or what a primary-quality world would be like [Dancy,J]

5680	For direct realists the secondary and primary qualities seem equally direct [Dancy,J]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

2782	We can be looking at distant stars which no longer actually exist [Dancy,J]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data

2775	It is not clear from the nature of sense data whether we should accept them as facts [Dancy,J]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 7. Causal Perception

2784	Appearances don't guarantee reality, unless the appearance is actually caused by the reality [Dancy,J]

2785	Perceptual beliefs may be directly caused, but generalisations can't be [Dancy,J]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory

2788	If perception and memory are indirect, then two things stand between mind and reality [Dancy,J]

2787	Memories aren't directly about the past, because time-lags and illusions suggest representation [Dancy,J]

2791	Phenomenalism about memory denies the past, or reduces it to present experience [Dancy,J]

2790	I can remember plans about the future, and images aren't essential (2+3=5) [Dancy,J]