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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification
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Incoherence may be more important for enquiry than coherence [Olsson]
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Coherence is the capacity to answer objections [Olsson]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique
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Mere agreement of testimonies is not enough to make truth very likely [Olsson]
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Coherence is only needed if the information sources are not fully reliable [Olsson]
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A purely coherent theory cannot be true of the world without some contact with the world [Olsson]
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Extending a system makes it less probable, so extending coherence can't make it more probable [Olsson]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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Epicurus denied knowledge in order to retain morality or hedonism as the highest values [Nietzsche on Epicurus]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism
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Epicurus says if one of a man's senses ever lies, none of his senses should ever be believed [Epicurus, by Cicero]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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When entering a dark room it is colourless, but colour gradually appears [Epicurus]
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If two people disagree over taste, who is right? [Epicurus, by Plutarch]
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Bath water is too hot for some, too cold for others [Epicurus, by Plutarch]
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