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All the ideas for 'Sisyphus (lost)', 'Non-foundationalist epistemology' and 'Contextualism Contested (and reply)'

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6 ideas

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

8616	How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin]

8617	Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification

8618	Coherence is a justification if truth is its best explanation (not skill in creating fiction) [Elgin]

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

19555

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

19557

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

19556

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