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- proper noun A male
given name , adiminutive form ofTimothy and, very rarely, ofTimon . - proper noun slang, derogatory, UK, Ireland A
Catholic . - proper noun A supporter of the Scottish football team, Celtic
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Examples
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TIM ROEMER, 9/11 COMMISSION MEMBER: She would sometimes come up to me as we were grilling witnesses on what happened on 9/11 and she'd tell me, here Tim, here's four or five more questions to ask these folks.
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TIM MILLER, TEXAS EQUUSEARCH: Leonard told me, Tim, you don ` t realize the opportunity we ` re missing, gave me the story about why he thought that.
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Reliabilism, on the other hand, allows that, even though Tim and Tim* are mentally alike, they differ justificationally, since Tim's beliefs are (by and large) produced by reliable cognitive faculties, whereas the faculties that produce Tim*'s beliefs may count as unreliable.
Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005
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Distinguish between Tim and Tim*: one and the same person whom we imagine in two altogether different situations.
Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005
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Even though there are significant physical differences between Tim and Tim*, mentally they are alike.
Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005
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Indeed, let's assume that the mental states of Tim and the mental states of Tim* are alike.
Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005
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Evidentialism implies that, since Tim and Tim* are mentally alike, they have the same evidence, and thus are justificationally alike as well.
Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005
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The example of Tim and Tim* may serve as well to illustrate a further way in which we may conceive of the difference between internalism and externalism.
Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005
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When we apply this principle to the Tim/Tim* example, it tells us that evidentialism is an internalist and reliabilism an externalist theory.
Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005
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For example, some versions of reliabilism imply that Tim is justified in believing that he has hands, whereas Tim* is not.
Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005
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