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Full Idea
Don't ask, which theory is more coherent? Ask, which theory is more illuminating?
Gist of Idea
We want illuminating theories, rather than coherent theories
Source
Robin Le Poidevin (Past, Present and Future of Debate about Tense [1998], 5)
Book Ref
'Questions of Time and Tense', ed/tr. Le Poidevin,R [OUP 2002], p.41