Ideas of Hamid Vahid, by Theme
[Iranian, fl. 2011, Professor at the Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Teheran.]
green numbers give full details |
back to list of philosophers |
expand these ideas
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
19712
|
Maybe there is plain 'animal' knowledge, and clearly justified 'reflective' knowledge
|
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues
19703
|
Epistemic is normally marked out from moral or pragmatic justifications by its truth-goal
|
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism
19705
|
'Mentalist' internalism seems to miss the main point, if it might not involve an agent's access
|
19706
|
Strong access internalism needs actual awareness; weak versions need possibility of access
|
19707
|
Maybe we need access to our justification, and also to know why it justifies
|
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / b. Pro-externalism
19709
|
Internalism in epistemology over-emphasises deliberation about beliefs
|
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification
19704
|
Externalism may imply that identical mental states might go with different justifications
|
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts
19710
|
With a counterfactual account of the causal theory, we get knowledge as tracking or sensitive to truth
|
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 10. Anti External Justification
19711
|
Externalism makes the acquisition of knowledge too easy?
|