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Full Idea
The coherentist restricts the space of reasons to the realm of beliefs.
Gist of Idea
The coherentist restricts the space of reasons to the realm of beliefs
Source
Martin Kusch (Knowledge by Agreement [2002], Ch. 8)
Book Ref
Kusch,Martin: 'Knowledge by Agreement' [OUP 2004], p.94
A Reaction
I endorse this idea, which endorses Davidson's slogan on the subject. The key thought is that a 'pure' sensation is uninterpreted, and so cannot justify anything. It is only once it generates a proposition that it can justify. But McDowell 1994.