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All the ideas for 'The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge', 'Consciousness,Represn, and Knowledge' and 'fragments/reports'

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6 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism
8824 No one has defended translational phenomenalism since Ayer in 1940 [Ayer, by Kim]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification
9329 Justification is coherence with a background system; if irrefutable, it is knowledge [Lehrer]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism
2667 A false object might give the same presentation as a true one [Arcesilaus, by Cicero]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind
9330 Generalization seems to be more fundamental to minds than spotting similarities [Lehrer]
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 1. Introspection
9328 All conscious states can be immediately known when attention is directed to them [Lehrer]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
15251 The attribution of necessity to causation is either primitive animism, or confusion with logical necessity [Ayer]