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Full Idea
A key question for a coherentist is, why should he or she adopt a coherent set of beliefs rather than an incoherent set?
Gist of Idea
Why should we prefer coherent beliefs?
Source
Peter Klein (Infinitism solution to regress problem [2005], 'Step 1')
Book Ref
'Contemporary Debates in Epistemology', ed/tr. Steup,M/Sosa,E [Blackwell 2005], p.135
A Reaction
The point of the question is that the coherentist may have to revert to other criteria in answering it. One could equally ask, why should I believe in tables just because I vividly experience them? Or, why believe 2+2=4, just because it is obvious?
| 8838 | If justification is endless, no link in the chain is ultimately justified [Ginet on Klein,P] |
| 8839 | Reasons acquire warrant through being part of a lengthening series [Klein,P] |
| 8833 | Why should we prefer coherent beliefs? [Klein,P] |
| 8834 | Infinitism avoids a regress, circularity or arbitrariness, by saying warrant just increases [Klein,P] |