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'Against Coherence', 'Lectures on Ethics' and 'Rationality in Action'
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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues
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Reasons can either be facts in the world, or intentional states [Searle]
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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 / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification
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In the past people had a reason not to smoke, but didn't realise it [Searle]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 2. Causal Justification
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Causes (usually events) are not the same as reasons (which are never events) [Searle]
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