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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Aenesidemus' and 'Modal and Anti-Luck Epistemology'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Consciousness is not entirely representational, because there are pains, and the self [Schulze, by Pinkard]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues

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'Modal epistemology' demands a connection between the belief and facts in possible worlds [Black,T]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / b. Gettier problem

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Gettier and lottery cases seem to involve luck, meaning bad connection of beliefs to facts [Black,T]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]