Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Elusive Knowledge', 'General Draft' and 'Reason, Emotions and Good Life'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

12899

The timid student has knowledge without belief, lacking confidence in their correct answer [Lewis]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism

12897

To say S knows P, but cannot eliminate not-P, sounds like a contradiction [Lewis]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification

12898

Justification is neither sufficient nor necessary for knowledge [Lewis]

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

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Knowing is context-sensitive because the domain of quantification varies [Lewis, by Cohen,S]

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We have knowledge if alternatives are eliminated, but appropriate alternatives depend on context [Lewis, by Cohen,S]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

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Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

4316	Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham]