Ideas from 'Externalism/Internalism' by Hamid Vahid [2011], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Routledge Companion to Epistemology' (ed/tr Bernecker,S/Pritchard,D) [Routledge 2014,978-0-415-72269-8]].

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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

19707

Maybe we need access to our justification, and also to know why it justifies

19706

Strong access internalism needs actual awareness; weak versions need possibility of access

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?