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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'The Philosophical Culture' and 'Contextualism Defended'

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6 ideas

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

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

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

1489	Modern philosophy tends to be a theory-constructing extension of science, but there is also problem-solving [Nagel]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / a. Contextualism

12893

Contextualism says sceptical arguments are true, relative to their strict context [Cohen,S]

12896

Knowledge is context-sensitive, because justification is [Cohen,S]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / b. Invariantism

12894

There aren't invariant high standards for knowledge, because even those can be raised [Cohen,S]

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

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