Ideas from 'Epistemology Naturalized' by Willard Quine [1968], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Ontological Relativity and Other Essays' by Quine,Willard [Columbia 1969,0-231-08357-2]].

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

1635	Mathematics reduces to set theory (which is a bit vague and unobvious), but not to logic proper

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 9. Naturalised Epistemology

7627	You can't reduce epistemology to psychology, because that presupposes epistemology [Maund]

8871	We should abandon a search for justification or foundations, and focus on how knowledge is acquired [Davidson]

8826	If we abandon justification and normativity in epistemology, we must also abandon knowledge [Kim]

8827	Without normativity, naturalized epistemology isn't even about beliefs [Kim]

8899	Epistemology is a part of psychology, studying how our theories relate to our evidence

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

8898	Inculcations of meanings of words rests ultimately on sensory evidence

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 4. Analytic/Synthetic Critique

8900	In observation sentences, we could substitute community acceptance for analyticity