Ideas from 'Knowledge:Readings in Cont.Epist' by Bernecker / Dretske [2000], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Knowledge: readings in contemp epistemology' (ed/tr Bernecker/Dretske) [OUP 2000,0-19-875261-x]].

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

3756	Perception, introspection, testimony, memory, reason, and inference can give us knowledge

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 7. Causal Perception

3757	Causal theory says true perceptions must be caused by the object perceived

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory

3759	You can acquire new knowledge by exploring memories

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues

3752	Justification can be of the belief, or of the person holding the belief

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

3753	Foundationalism aims to avoid an infinite regress

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

3754	Infallible sensations can't be foundations if they are non-epistemic

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification

3755	Justification is normative, so it can't be reduced to cognitive psychology

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

3761	Modern arguments against the sceptic are epistemological and semantic externalism, and the focus on relevance

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem

3760	Predictions are bound to be arbitrary if they depend on the language used

18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content

3758	Semantic externalism ties content to the world, reducing error