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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Rationalists' and 'Evidentialism'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

4304	Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham]

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

8808	Involuntary beliefs can still be evaluated [Feldman/Conee]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

4303	The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 3. Evidentialism / b. Evidentialism

8807	Evidentialism is the view that justification is determined by the quality of the evidence [Feldman/Conee]

8809	Beliefs should fit evidence, and if you ought to believe it, then you are justified [Feldman/Conee]

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

8810	If someone rejects good criticism through arrogance, that is irrelevant to whether they have knowledge [Feldman/Conee]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4306	For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham]