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Full Idea
Justification is coherence with a background system which, when irrefutable, converts to knowledge.
Gist of Idea
Justification is coherence with a background system; if irrefutable, it is knowledge
Source
Keith Lehrer (Consciousness,Represn, and Knowledge [2006])
Book Ref
'Self-Representational Approaches to Consciousness', ed/tr. Kriegel,U /Williford,K [MIT 2006], p.411
A Reaction
A problem (as the theory stands here) would be whether you have to be aware that the coherence is irrefutable, which would seem to require a pretty powerful intellect. If one needn't be aware of the irrefutability, how does it help my justification?
| 9329 | Justification is coherence with a background system; if irrefutable, it is knowledge [Lehrer] |
| 9330 | Generalization seems to be more fundamental to minds than spotting similarities [Lehrer] |
| 9328 | All conscious states can be immediately known when attention is directed to them [Lehrer] |