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Ideas for 'The Rationality of Science', 'Evidentialism' and 'The Work of a Free Person'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / c. Knowledge closure

19524	We don't have the capacity to know all the logical consequences of our beliefs [Conee/Feldman]
	Full Idea: Our limited cognitive capacities lead Goldman to deny a principle instructing people to believe all the logical consequences of their beliefs, since they are unable to have the infinite number of beliefs that following such a principle would require.
	From: E Conee / R Feldman (Evidentialism [1985], 'Doxastic')
	A reaction: This doesn't sound like much of an objection to epistemic closure, which I took to be the claim that you know the 'known' entailments of your knowledge.

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique

3857	Defeat relativism by emphasising truth and reference, not meaning [Newton-Smith]
	Full Idea: The challenge of incommensurability can be met once it is realised that in comparing theories the notions of truth and reference are more important than that of meaning.
	From: W.H. Newton-Smith (The Rationality of Science [1981], I.6)