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Single Idea 17065
[filed under theme 14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence
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Full Idea
2: If a set of propositions explains a further proposition, then each proposition in the set coheres with that proposition, and propositions in the set cohere pairwise with one another.
Gist of Idea
2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact
Source
report of Paul Thagard (Explanatory Coherence [1989], 2) by J.J.C. Smart - Explanation - Opening Address p.04
Book Ref
'Explanation and Its Limits', ed/tr. Knowles,Dudley [CUP 1990], p.4
The
13 ideas
from Paul Thagard
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17596
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Coherence problems have positive and negative restraints; solutions maximise constraint satisfaction
[Thagard]
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17597
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Coherence is explanatory, deductive, conceptual, analogical, perceptual, and deliberative
[Thagard]
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17598
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Explanatory coherence needs symmetry,explanation,analogy,data priority, contradiction,competition,acceptance
[Thagard]
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17600
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Bayesian inference is forced to rely on approximations
[Thagard]
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17599
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The best theory has the highest subjective (Bayesian) probability?
[Thagard]
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17602
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Verisimilitude comes from including more phenomena, and revealing what underlies
[Thagard]
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17601
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Neither a priori rationalism nor sense data empiricism account for scientific knowledge
[Thagard]
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17064
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1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17065
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2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17066
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3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17067
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4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17068
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5: Contradictory propositions incohere
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17069
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6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system
[Thagard, by Smart]
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