Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'The Quest for Certainty' and 'Moral Realism and Moral Dilemma'

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4 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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We want certainty in order achieve secure results for action [Dewey]

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

7458	The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

3441	If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue

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Maybe virtues conflict with each other, if some virtue needs a vice for its achievement [Foot]