Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Reply to Foucher' and 'The Case against Closure (and reply)'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

10 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

19406

I strongly believe in the actual infinite, which indicates the perfections of its author [Leibniz]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / c. Knowledge closure

19544

Closure says if you know P, and also know P implies Q, then you must know Q [Dretske]

19545

We needn't regret the implications of our regrets; regretting drinking too much implies the past is real [Dretske]

19547

Reasons for believing P may not transmit to its implication, Q [Dretske]

19546

Knowing by visual perception is not the same as knowing by implication [Dretske]

19548

The only way to preserve our homely truths is to abandon closure [Dretske]

19549

P may imply Q, but evidence for P doesn't imply evidence for Q, so closure fails [Dretske]

19550

We know past events by memory, but we don't know the past is real (an implication) by memory [Dretske]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

16713

Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]