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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'Comment on Armstrong and Forrest' and 'Truth is not the Primary Epistemic Goal'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals

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The main rivals to universals are resemblance or natural-class nominalism, or sparse trope theory [Lewis]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object

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We could not uphold a truthmaker for 'Fa' without structures [Lewis]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Epistemology does not just concern knowledge; all aspects of cognitive activity are involved [Kvanvig]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 5. Aiming at Truth

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Making sense of things, or finding a good theory, are non-truth-related cognitive successes [Kvanvig]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / c. Defeasibility

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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

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Reliabilism cannot assess the justification for propositions we don't believe [Kvanvig]