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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Commentary on Euclid's 'Elements'' and 'Idealism: a critical survey'

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5 ideas

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism

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We can no more expect a precise definition of coherence than we can of the moral ideal [Ewing]

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

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If undetailed, 'coherence' is just a vague words that covers all possible arguments [Ewing]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1558	Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice [Thrasymachus]