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All the ideas for 'Intro to 'Philosophical Essays'', 'Contextualism Contested (and reply)' and 'Life of Theseus'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

9786	Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

9784	A false proposition isn't truer because it is part of a coherent system [Cartwright,R]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus

1212	Replacing timbers on Theseus' ship was the classic illustration of the problem of growth and change [Plutarch]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / a. Contextualism

19555

People begin to doubt whether they 'know' when the answer becomes more significant [Conee]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / b. Invariantism

19557

Maybe low knowledge standards are loose talk; people will deny that it is 'really and truly' knowledge [Conee]

19556

Maybe knowledge has fixed standards (high, but attainable), although people apply contextual standards [Conee]