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Ideas for 'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'Metaphysics' and 'works'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / e. Pro-foundations

583	The starting point of a proof is not a proof [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: Who defines the healthy man, or who is awake or asleep? This is a pursuit of foundations, but this is seeking an account where there isn't one. The starting point of a proof is not a proof.
	From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1011a10)
	A reaction: a comment on Descartes

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification

23034	The ultimate test for truth is the systematic interdependence in nature [Green,TH, by Muirhead]
	Full Idea: Systematic interdependence in the world of nature is the ultimate test of truth.
	From: report of T.H. Green (works [1875]) by John H. Muirhead - The Service of the State II
	A reaction: Green (or Muirhead) drifts between coherence as the nature of truth and coherence as the nature of justification. He it is the 'test' for truth, which was Russell's view.