Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Xenophon, Daniel M. Mittag and Ariston

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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

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Like spiderswebs, dialectical arguments are clever but useless [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 3. Evidentialism / b. Evidentialism

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We could know the evidence for our belief without knowing why it is such evidence [Mittag]

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Evidentialism can't explain that we accept knowledge claims if the evidence is forgotten [Mittag]

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Evidentialism concerns the evidence for the proposition, not for someone to believe it [Mittag]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

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Coherence theories struggle with the role of experience [Mittag]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

5845	Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

3049	The chief good is indifference to what lies midway between virtue and vice [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

3549	Ariston says rules are useless for the virtuous and the non-virtuous [Ariston, by Annas]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

5833	Education is the greatest of human goods [Xenophon]