Ideas from 'In Defence of Pure Reason' by Laurence Bonjour [1998], by Theme Structure
[found in 'In Defense of Pure Reason' by Bonjour,Laurence [CUP 1998,0-521-59745-5]].
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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Philosophy is a priori if it is anything
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason
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Perceiving necessary connections is the essence of reasoning
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence
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Coherence can't be validated by appeal to coherence
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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The concept of possibility is prior to that of necessity
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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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Moderate rationalists believe in fallible a priori justification
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Our rules of thought can only be judged by pure rational insight
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / d. Rational foundations
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A priori justification can vary in degree
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A priori justification requires understanding but no experience
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You can't explain away a priori justification as analyticity, and you can't totally give it up
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique
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The induction problem blocks any attempted proof of physical statements
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification
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Externalist theories of justification don't require believers to have reasons for their beliefs
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 10. Anti External Justification
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Externalism means we have no reason to believe, which is strong scepticism
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14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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Induction must go beyond the evidence, in order to explain why the evidence occurred
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18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content
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All thought represents either properties or indexicals
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation
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Indeterminacy of translation is actually indeterminacy of meaning and belief
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