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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Epistemic Injustice' and 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom'

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20 ideas

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

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

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

6848	Humour is practically enacted philosophy [Critchley]

6847	Humour can give a phenomenological account of existence, and point to change [Critchley]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

6844	Scientism is the view that everything can be explained causally through scientific method [Critchley]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

6835	German idealism aimed to find a unifying principle for Kant's various dualisms [Critchley]

6837	Since Hegel, continental philosophy has been linked with social and historical enquiry. [Critchley]

6836	Continental philosophy fights the threatened nihilism in the critique of reason [Critchley]

6838	Continental philosophy is based on critique, praxis and emancipation [Critchley]

6845	Continental philosophy has a bad tendency to offer 'one big thing' to explain everything [Critchley]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology

6846	Phenomenology is a technique of redescription which clarifies our social world [Critchley]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

23551

It is necessary for a belief that it be held for a length of time [Fricker,M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 1. Epistemic virtues

23558

Offering knowledge needs accuracy and sincerity; receiving it needs testimonial justice [Fricker,M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

23550

Burge says we are normally a priori entitled to believe testimony [Fricker,M]

23552

We assess testimonial probabilities by the speaker, the listener, the facts, and the circumstances [Fricker,M]

23553

Testimonial judgement is not logical, but produces reasons and motivations [Fricker,M]

23555

Assessing credibility involves the impact of both the speaker's and the listener's social identity [Fricker,M]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 6. Judgement / a. Nature of Judgement

23554

Judgements can be unreflective and non-inferential, yet rational, by being sensitive to experience [Fricker,M]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

23557

To judge agents in remote times and cultures we need a moral resentment weaker than blame [Fricker,M]

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

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

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism

6843	Perceiving meaninglessness is an achievement, which can transform daily life [Critchley]