21 ideas
21962 | Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes] |
3659 | I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes] |
22868 | The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey] |
19528 | Knowledge is prior to believing, just as doing is prior to trying to do [Williamson] |
19527 | We don't acquire evidence and then derive some knowledge, because evidence IS knowledge [Williamson] |
19529 | Belief explains justification, and knowledge explains belief, so knowledge explains justification [Williamson] |
19536 | Knowledge-first says your total evidence IS your knowledge [Williamson] |
19530 | A neutral state of experience, between error and knowledge, is not basic; the successful state is basic [Williamson] |
19531 | Internalism about mind is an obsolete view, and knowledge-first epistemology develops externalism [Williamson] |
3657 | Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes] |
19526 | Surely I am acquainted with physical objects, not with appearances? [Williamson] |
22865 | Habits constitute the self [Dewey] |
19534 | How does inferentialism distinguish the patterns of inference that are essential to meaning? [Williamson] |
19535 | Internalist inferentialism has trouble explaining how meaning and reference relate [Williamson] |
19533 | Inferentialist semantics relies on internal inference relations, not on external references [Williamson] |
19532 | Truth-conditional referential semantics is externalist, referring to worldly items [Williamson] |
22871 | The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey] |
22876 | Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities [Dewey] |
22875 | Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living [Dewey] |
22874 | Individuality is only developed within groups [Dewey] |
3660 | Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes] |