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All the ideas for 'The Internalist Conception of Justification', 'Externalist Theories of Empirical Knowledge' and 'Science and Hypothesis'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

4262	If the only aim was consistent beliefs then new evidence and experiments would be irrelevant [Goldman]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / e. The Lottery paradox

4261	The Lottery Paradox says each ticket is likely to lose, so there probably won't be a winner [Bonjour, by PG]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

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Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects [Poincaré]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / a. Foundationalism

4255	Externalist theories of knowledge are one species of foundationalism [Bonjour]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / b. Basic beliefs

4257	The big problem for foundationalism is to explain how basic beliefs are possible [Bonjour]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / e. Pro-foundations

4256	The main argument for foundationalism is that all other theories involve a regress leading to scepticism [Bonjour]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification

4258	Extreme externalism says no more justification is required than the truth of the belief [Bonjour]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / b. Anti-reliabilism

4259	External reliability is not enough, if the internal state of the believer is known to be irrational [Bonjour]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 10. Anti External Justification

4260	Even if there is no obvious irrationality, it may be irrational to base knowledge entirely on external criteria [Bonjour]