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All the ideas for 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)', 'Philosophy' and 'A Priori Knowledge'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

2945	Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

2946	You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

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Maybe modal sentences cannot be true or false [Casullo]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary

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If the necessary is a priori, so is the contingent, because the same evidence is involved [Casullo]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

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Knowledge is beyond question, as an unavoidable component of thinking [Weil]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori

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Epistemic a priori conditions concern either the source, defeasibility or strength [Casullo]

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The main claim of defenders of the a priori is that some justifications are non-experiential [Casullo]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

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Analysis of the a priori by necessity or analyticity addresses the proposition, not the justification [Casullo]

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

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'Overriding' defeaters rule it out, and 'undermining' defeaters weaken in [Casullo]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art

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Art (like philosophy) establishes a relation between world and self, and between oneself and others [Weil]