Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Hermarchus, Xunzi (Xun Kuang) and Ren Descartes

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

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The method starts with clear intuitions, followed by a process of deduction [Descartes]

3606	I was searching for reliable rock under the shifting sand [Descartes]

2247	To achieve good science we must rebuild from the foundations [Descartes]

2255	Only one certainty is needed for progress (like a lever's fulcrum) [Descartes]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / b. Basic beliefs

5004	We can know basic Principles without further knowledge, but not the other way round [Descartes]