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

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?