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All the ideas for 'Against Coherence', 'The Inference to the Best Explanation' and '12: Colossians'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8138	Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy [Paul]

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]

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]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation

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Best Explanation is the core notion of epistemology [Harman, by Smart]