Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Myth of the Given', 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet' and 'Wang's Paradox'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality

21628

To say reality itself is vague is not properly intelligible [Dummett]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

15990

Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

15994

If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / a. Foundationalism

8790	The 'doctrine of the given' is correct; some beliefs or statements are self-justifying [Chisholm]