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All the ideas for 'Against Coherence', 'Quantum: Einstein and Bohr' and 'Springs of Action'

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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]

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]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Bohr explained the periodic table and chemical properties of elements, using the quantum atom [Kumar]

20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory

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Philosophy of action studies the roles of psychological states in causing behaviour [Mele]