Ideas of Erik J. Olsson, by Theme

[Swedish, fl. 2005, Professor at Lund University, Sweden.]

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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification

21515

Incoherence may be more important for enquiry than coherence

21514

Coherence is the capacity to answer objections

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

21496

Mere agreement of testimonies is not enough to make truth very likely

21499

Coherence is only needed if the information sources are not fully reliable

21502

A purely coherent theory cannot be true of the world without some contact with the world

21512

Extending a system makes it less probable, so extending coherence can't make it more probable