14 ideas
4261 | The Lottery Paradox says each ticket is likely to lose, so there probably won't be a winner [Bonjour, by PG] |
8851 | Coherentists say that regress problems are assuming 'linear' justification [Williams,M] |
4255 | Externalist theories of knowledge are one species of foundationalism [Bonjour] |
8849 | Traditional foundationalism is radically internalist [Williams,M] |
4257 | The big problem for foundationalism is to explain how basic beliefs are possible [Bonjour] |
8853 | Basic judgements are immune from error because they have no content [Williams,M] |
8855 | Sensory experience may be fixed, but it can still be misdescribed [Williams,M] |
4256 | The main argument for foundationalism is that all other theories involve a regress leading to scepticism [Bonjour] |
4258 | Extreme externalism says no more justification is required than the truth of the belief [Bonjour] |
4259 | External reliability is not enough, if the internal state of the believer is known to be irrational [Bonjour] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
4260 | Even if there is no obvious irrationality, it may be irrational to base knowledge entirely on external criteria [Bonjour] |
8852 | In the context of scepticism, externalism does not seem to be an option [Williams,M] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |