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'Against Coherence', 'Against the Mathematicians' and 'Foundations of Geometry'
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / b. Basic beliefs
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Some things are their own criterion, such as straightness, a set of scales, or light [Sext.Empiricus]
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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 / 6. Scepticism Critique
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How can sceptics show there is no criterion? Weak without, contradiction with [Sext.Empiricus]
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