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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification
The most popular view is that coherent beliefs explain one another [Mares]
     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.
     From: Edwin D. Mares (A Priori [2011], 01.5)
     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.