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All the ideas for 'Justified Belief as Responsible Belief', 'The Value Problem' and 'Abduction and Induction'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
19735 Wisdom has a higher value than understanding, which has a higher value than knowledge [Greco]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence
12801 Coherentists seek relations among beliefs that are simple, conservative and explanatory [Foley]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification
19734 If value is practical, knowledge is no better than true opinion [Greco]
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]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 10. Anti External Justification
19733 Externalist theories don't explain why knowledge has value [Greco]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
14790 'Abduction' is beginning a hypothesis, particularly if it includes preference of one explanation over others [Peirce]
14791 Abduction involves original suggestions, and not just the testing involved in induction [Peirce]