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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'Truth is not the Primary Epistemic Goal' and 'The Mental Life of Some Machines'

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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 / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 2. Machine Functionalism

5495	Instances of pain are physical tokens, but the nature of pain is more abstract [Putnam, by Lycan]