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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues
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If we need a criterion of truth, we need to know whether it is the correct criterion [Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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Justification can be of the belief, or of the person holding the belief [Bernecker/Dretske]
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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 / a. Foundationalism
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Foundationalism aims to avoid an infinite regress [Bernecker/Dretske]
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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 / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique
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Infallible sensations can't be foundations if they are non-epistemic [Bernecker/Dretske]
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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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Justification is normative, so it can't be reduced to cognitive psychology [Bernecker/Dretske]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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The Pyrrhonians attacked the dogmas of professors, not ordinary people [Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
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Academics said that Pyrrhonians were guilty of 'negative dogmatism' [Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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Once doubt ceases, there is no point in continuing to argue [Peirce]
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Modern arguments against the sceptic are epistemological and semantic externalism, and the focus on relevance [Bernecker/Dretske]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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Perception varies with madness or disease (Mode 4) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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Individuals vary in responses and feelings (Mode 2) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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Animals vary in their feelings and judgements (Mode 1) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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Perception is affected by expectations (Mode 9) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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Objects vary according to which sense perceives them (Mode 3) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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Judgements vary according to local culture and law (Mode 5) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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Perception varies with viewing distance and angle (Mode 7) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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Perception and judgement depend on comparison (Mode 10) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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Perception of things depends on their size or quantity (Mode 8) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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Perception of objects depends on surrounding conditions (Mode 6) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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