6 ideas
22101 | Philosophy aims to know the truth about the way things are [Aquinas] |
19730 | Epistemic virtues: love of knowledge, courage, caution, autonomy, practical wisdom... [Kvanvig] |
19731 | If epistemic virtues are faculties or powers, that doesn't explain propositional knowledge [Kvanvig] |
19732 | The value of good means of attaining truth are swamped by the value of the truth itself [Kvanvig] |
16736 | Explanation is generally to deduce it from something better known, which comes in degrees [Boyle] |
16737 | The best explanations get down to primary basics, but others go less deep [Boyle] |