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All the ideas for 'The Varieties of Necessity', 'The Definition of Good' and 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd ed 1977)'

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5 ideas

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

9216	Each area of enquiry, and its source, has its own distinctive type of necessity [Fine,K]

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

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We have a basic epistemic duty to believe truth and avoid error [Chisholm, by Kvanvig]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

9214	Unsupported testimony may still be believable [Fine,K]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism

18671

The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics [Ewing]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

9215	Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K]