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All the ideas for 'Against Coherence', 'The Architecture of Mathematics' and 'works'

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9 ideas

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

10190

From the axiomatic point of view, mathematics is a storehouse of abstract structures [Bourbaki]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

13074

Only natural kinds and their members have real essences [Suárez, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]

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]

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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]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

7563	The old 'influx' view of causation says it is a flow of accidental properties from A to B [Suárez, by Jolley]