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'Metaphysics', 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)' and 'Introduction to 'Properties''
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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification
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Believing without a reason may just be love of your own fantasies [Locke]
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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 / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification
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Facts beyond immediate experience are assessed by agreement with known truths and observations [Locke]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification
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For Locke knowledge relates to objects, not to propositions [Locke, by Rorty]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 8. Social Justification
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Other men's opinions don't add to our knowledge - even when they are true [Locke]
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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 / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
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Locke has no patience with scepticism [Locke, by Robinson,H]
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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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