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All the ideas for 'The Case against Closure (and reply)', 'The Sense of Reality' and 'A Theory of Conditionals'

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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 1. History of Ideas

7460	The great moments are the death of Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Romanticism [Berlin, by Watson]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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In nearby worlds where A is true, 'if A,B' is true or false if B is true or false [Stalnaker]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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A possible world is the ontological analogue of hypothetical beliefs [Stalnaker]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / c. Knowledge closure

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Closure says if you know P, and also know P implies Q, then you must know Q [Dretske]

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We needn't regret the implications of our regrets; regretting drinking too much implies the past is real [Dretske]

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Knowing by visual perception is not the same as knowing by implication [Dretske]

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Reasons for believing P may not transmit to its implication, Q [Dretske]

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The only way to preserve our homely truths is to abandon closure [Dretske]

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P may imply Q, but evidence for P doesn't imply evidence for Q, so closure fails [Dretske]

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We know past events by memory, but we don't know the past is real (an implication) by memory [Dretske]