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All the ideas for 'Justified Belief as Responsible Belief', 'Mr Strawson on Referring' and 'On Wisdom'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
19396 Wisdom is knowing all of the sciences, and their application [Leibniz]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
21552 Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence
12801 Coherentists seek relations among beliefs that are simple, conservative and explanatory [Foley]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition
21551 Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
19397 Perfect knowledge implies complete explanations and perfect prediction [Leibniz]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / c. Disjunctivism
12800 Externalists want to understand knowledge, Internalists want to understand justification [Foley]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 2. Pragmatic justification
12802 We aren't directly pragmatic about belief, but pragmatic about the deliberation which precedes it [Foley]
12803 Justification comes from acceptable procedures, given practical constraints [Foley]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics
21550 Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell]