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All the ideas for 'Truth is not the Primary Epistemic Goal', 'Proof that every set can be well-ordered' and 'Essay on a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / e. Countable infinity

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Zermelo realised that Choice would facilitate the sort of 'counting' Cantor needed [Zermelo, by Lavine]

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]

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]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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The probability of two events is the first probability times the second probability assuming the first [Bayes]