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All the ideas for 'Frege on Extensions from Concepts', 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy'' and 'Truth is not the Primary Epistemic Goal'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Epistemology does not just concern knowledge; all aspects of cognitive activity are involved [Kvanvig]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 5. Aiming at Truth

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Making sense of things, or finding a good theory, are non-truth-related cognitive successes [Kvanvig]

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

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / c. Defeasibility

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The 'defeasibility' approach says true justified belief is knowledge if no undermining facts could be known [Kvanvig]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / b. Anti-reliabilism

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Reliabilism cannot assess the justification for propositions we don't believe [Kvanvig]

18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content

3115	Are meaning and expressed concept the same thing? [Burge, by Segal]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]