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All the ideas for 'A Résumé of Metaphysics', 'The Tragic Sense of Life' and 'Contextualism Contested (and reply)'

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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]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure

5049	Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness

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Maybe humans are distinguished from other animals by feelings, rather than reason [Unamuno]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

5048	Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil

5050	Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz]