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All the ideas for 'Internalism Exposed', 'The New Organon' and 'Reasons for Actions and Desires'

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9 ideas

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

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Only individual bodies exist [Bacon]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / c. Form as causal

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There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism

6871	We can't only believe things if we are currently conscious of their justification - there are too many [Goldman]

6872	Internalism must cover Forgotten Evidence, which is no longer retrievable from memory [Goldman]

6874	Internal justification needs both mental stability and time to compute coherence [Goldman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

6873	Coherent justification seems to require retrieving all our beliefs simultaneously [Goldman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

6875	Reliability involves truth, and truth is external [Goldman]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

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Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

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I don't understand the idea of a reason for acting, but it is probably the agent's interests or desires [Foot]