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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'Pacidius Philalethi dialogue' and 'Fallibilism'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

12697

Indivisibles are not parts, but the extrema of parts [Leibniz]

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

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

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism

19702

We can't normally say that we know something 'but it might be false' [Dougherty]

19701

Fallibilism is consistent with dogmatism or scepticism, and is not alternative to them [Dougherty]

19700

It is best to see the fallibility in the reasons, rather than in the agents or the knowledge [Dougherty]

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]