Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'Letters to Regius' and 'Realism and Anti-Realism'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

15049

Metaphysical realists are committed to all unambiguous statements being true or not true [Dummett]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

12251

Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes]

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 / 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]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

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An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau]