Author | Cheyne, Colin. author |
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Title | Knowledge, Cause, and Abstract Objects [electronic resource] : Causal Objections to Platonism / by Colin Cheyne |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9747-0 |
Descript | XVIII, 240 p. online resource |
1. Platonism and Causality -- 2. Beliefs and Facts -- 3. Beliefs and Causes -- 4. The Case for a Causal Connection -- 5. Is a Causal Connection Necessary for Knowledge? -- 6. Other Theories of Knowledge -- 7. Existence Claims and Causality -- 8. The Burden of Proof -- 9. Platonic Knowledge by Intuition -- 10. Apriorism -- 11. Indispensability and Platonic Knowledge -- 12. Problems with Prolifigate Platonism -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- I. Does Knowledge Require Belief? -- 1.1. The traditional analysis of knowledge -- 1.2. The truth condition -- 1.3. The consistency of belief and knowledge -- 1.4. Radfordโs counterexample -- 1.5. Information and knowledge -- II. Can We Choose Our Beliefs? -- II. 1. Belief-voluntarism and epistemic justification -- 11.2. Belief-voluntarism โ is it possible? -- 11.3. Direct belief-voluntarism โ is it actual? -- 11.4. Belief and acceptance -- 11.5. Choosing beliefs indirectly