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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Russell' and 'Truth is not the Primary Epistemic Goal'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism
6408 Russell needed three extra axioms to reduce maths to logic: infinity, choice and reducibility [Grayling]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
19566 Epistemology does not just concern knowledge; all aspects of cognitive activity are involved [Kvanvig]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 5. Aiming at Truth
19568 Making sense of things, or finding a good theory, are non-truth-related cognitive successes [Kvanvig]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
6414 Two propositions might seem self-evident, but contradict one another [Grayling]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / c. Defeasibility
19567 The 'defeasibility' approach says true justified belief is knowledge if no undermining facts could be known [Kvanvig]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / b. Anti-reliabilism
19570 Reliabilism cannot assess the justification for propositions we don't believe [Kvanvig]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
19399 Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]