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All the ideas for 'talk', 'Contextualism Contested (and reply)' and 'Abduction and Induction'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Set theory and logic are fairy tales, but still worth studying [Tarski]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

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I am a deeply convinced nominalist [Tarski]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / a. Contextualism

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People begin to doubt whether they 'know' when the answer becomes more significant [Conee]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / b. Invariantism

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Maybe low knowledge standards are loose talk; people will deny that it is 'really and truly' knowledge [Conee]

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Maybe knowledge has fixed standards (high, but attainable), although people apply contextual standards [Conee]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation

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'Abduction' is beginning a hypothesis, particularly if it includes preference of one explanation over others [Peirce]

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Abduction involves original suggestions, and not just the testing involved in induction [Peirce]