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Ideas for 'The Case for Closure', 'Our Knowledge of the External World' and 'Metaphysical Dependence'

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

19551

How can we know the heavyweight implications of normal knowledge? Must we distort 'knowledge'? [Hawthorne]

19552

We wouldn't know the logical implications of our knowledge if small risks added up to big risks [Hawthorne]

19554

Denying closure is denying we know P when we know P and Q, which is absurd in simple cases [Hawthorne]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism

21579

Objects are treated as real when they connect with other experiences in a normal way [Russell]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

21578

Global scepticism is irrefutable, but can't replace our other beliefs, and just makes us hesitate [Russell]