Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anaxarchus, Hilary Putnam and A.C. Ewing
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism
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We can no more expect a precise definition of coherence than we can of the moral ideal [Ewing]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique
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If undetailed, 'coherence' is just a vague words that covers all possible arguments [Ewing]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony
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Knowledge depends on believing others, which must be innate, as inferences are not strong enough [Putnam]
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Empathy may not give knowledge, but it can give plausibility or right opinion [Putnam]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique
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Some kind of objective 'rightness' is a presupposition of thought itself [Putnam]
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