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Single Idea 2765

[from 'Intro to Contemporary Epistemology' by Jonathan Dancy, in 3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth ]

Full Idea

Rescher complains that if coherence requires mutual entailment, then what is entailed is logically redundant, and the whole system is infected with mutual redundancy.

Gist of Idea

Rescher says that if coherence requires mutual entailment, this leads to massive logical redundancy

Source

Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 8.1)

Book Reference

Dancy,Jonathan: 'Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology' [Blackwell 1985], p.112