Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Theophrastus and David Lewis

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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification

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Justification is neither sufficient nor necessary for knowledge [Lewis]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 2. Causal Justification

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General causal theories of knowledge are refuted by mathematics [Lewis]

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

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Knowing is context-sensitive because the domain of quantification varies [Lewis, by Cohen,S]

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We have knowledge if alternatives are eliminated, but appropriate alternatives depend on context [Lewis, by Cohen,S]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique

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How can we state relativism of sweet and sour, if they have no determinate nature? [Theophrastus]