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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Internalism Exposed' and 'The Meaning of the Word'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

6710	You can only define a statement that something is 'true' by referring to its functional possibilities [James]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

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If the hypothesis of God is widely successful, it is true [James]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism

6871	We can't only believe things if we are currently conscious of their justification - there are too many [Goldman]

6872	Internalism must cover Forgotten Evidence, which is no longer retrievable from memory [Goldman]

6874	Internal justification needs both mental stability and time to compute coherence [Goldman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

6873	Coherent justification seems to require retrieving all our beliefs simultaneously [Goldman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

6875	Reliability involves truth, and truth is external [Goldman]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]