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All the ideas for 'Against Coherence', 'works' and 'Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

9182	Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification

21515

Incoherence may be more important for enquiry than coherence [Olsson]

21514

Coherence is the capacity to answer objections [Olsson]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

21496

Mere agreement of testimonies is not enough to make truth very likely [Olsson]

21499

Coherence is only needed if the information sources are not fully reliable [Olsson]

21502

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]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique

3448	Do new ideas increase the weight of the brain? [Dance]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

9181	The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett]