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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'Introduction to 'New Pragmatists'' and 'Justified Belief as Responsible Belief'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

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Modern pragmatism sees objectivity as possible, despite its gradual evolution [Misak]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

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Coherentists seek relations among beliefs that are simple, conservative and explanatory [Foley]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3570	Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / c. Disjunctivism

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Externalists want to understand knowledge, Internalists want to understand justification [Foley]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 2. Pragmatic justification

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We aren't directly pragmatic about belief, but pragmatic about the deliberation which precedes it [Foley]

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Justification comes from acceptable procedures, given practical constraints [Foley]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts

2748	A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]