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All the ideas for 'Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson', 'Collins Dictionary of Philosophy' and 'Against Coherence'

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9 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

14082

No sortal could ever exactly pin down which set of particles count as this 'cup' [Schaffer,J]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

14081

Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations [Schaffer,J]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data

6457	Sensations are mental, but sense-data could be mind-independent [Vesey]

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]