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Full Idea
How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? How can their relation to other less than tenable enhance their tenability?
Gist of Idea
How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion?
Source
Catherine Z. Elgin (Non-foundationalist epistemology [2005], p.157)
Book Ref
'Contemporary Debates in Epistemology', ed/tr. Steup,M/Sosa,E [Blackwell 2005], p.157
A Reaction
Her example is witnesses to a crime. Bayes Theorem appears to deal with individual items. "The thief had green hair" becomes more likely with multiple testimony. This is a very persuasive first step towards justification as coherence.
| 8616 | How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin] |
| 8617 | Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin] |
| 8618 | Coherence is a justification if truth is its best explanation (not skill in creating fiction) [Elgin] |