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| 5629 | If a proposition implies any false consequences, then it is false [Kant] |
| Full Idea: If only a single false consequence can be derived from a proposition, then this proposition is false. | |
| From: Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B819/A791) | |
| A reaction: Seems right. Of course, it might imply entirely true consequences, and still be false. This idea has to be one of the foundations (sic) of coherentism about truth and justification. |
| 13158 | The Copernican theory is right because it is the only one offering a good explanation [Leibniz] |
| Full Idea: The Copernican account is the truest theory, that is, the most intelligible theory and the only one capable of an explanation sufficient for a person of sound reason. | |
| From: Gottfried Leibniz (On Copernicanism and Relativity of Motion [1689], p.92) | |
| A reaction: The word 'intelligible' here seems to be linked to the notion of a best explanation. |