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Single Idea 17700

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification]

Full Idea

In what is perhaps the most popular version of coherentism, a system of beliefs is a set of beliefs that explain one another.

Gist of Idea

The most popular view is that coherent beliefs explain one another

Source

Edwin D. Mares (A Priori [2011], 01.5)

Book Reference

Mares,Edwin: 'A Priori' [Acumen 2011], p.6


A Reaction

These seems too simple. My first response would be that explanations are what result from coherence sets of beliefs. I may have beliefs that explain nothing, but at least have the virtue of being coherent.