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'The Fixation of Belief', 'The Symposium' and 'Ignorance: a Case for Scepticism'
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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification
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True opinion without reason is midway between wisdom and ignorance [Plato]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 2. Pragmatic justification
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We need our beliefs to be determined by some external inhuman permanency [Peirce]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / b. Basic beliefs
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Demonstration does not rest on first principles of reason or sensation, but on freedom from actual doubt [Peirce]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification
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Doubts should be satisfied by some external permanency upon which thinking has no effect [Peirce]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / b. Invariantism
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The meaning of 'know' does not change from courtroom to living room [Unger]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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No one knows anything, and no one is ever justified or reasonable [Unger]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 4. Demon Scepticism
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An evil scientist may give you a momentary life, with totally false memories [Unger]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
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Once doubt ceases, there is no point in continuing to argue [Peirce]
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