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'Metaphysics', 'Treatise of Human Nature' and 'Material Constitution'
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / e. Pro-foundations
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The starting point of a proof is not a proof [Aristotle]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 8. Social Justification
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Mathematicians only accept their own proofs when everyone confims them [Hume]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 2. Types of Scepticism
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Hume became a total sceptic, because he believed that reason was a deception [Hume, by Kant]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 5. Dream Scepticism
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Dreams aren't a serious problem. No one starts walking round Athens next morning, having dreamt that they were there! [Aristotle]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism
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If relativism is individual, how can something look sweet and not taste it, or look different to our two eyes? [Aristotle]
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If truth is relative it is relational, and concerns appearances relative to a situation [Aristotle]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique
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If the majority had diseased taste, and only a few were healthy, relativists would have to prefer the former [Aristotle]
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