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All the ideas for 'General Draft', 'Contextualism Contested (and reply)' and 'Disputed questions about truth'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

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Truth is the conformity of being to intellect [Aquinas]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being

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Being is basic to thought, and all other concepts are additions to being [Aquinas]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / a. Contextualism

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People begin to doubt whether they 'know' when the answer becomes more significant [Conee]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / b. Invariantism

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Maybe low knowledge standards are loose talk; people will deny that it is 'really and truly' knowledge [Conee]

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Maybe knowledge has fixed standards (high, but attainable), although people apply contextual standards [Conee]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

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Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]