Full Idea
Standard forms of coherentism are unable to account for normativity, because of their common individualism. Normativity cannot be generated within the isolated individual, or in the causal interaction between world and individual mind.
Clarification
'Normativity' lays down what is acceptable
Gist of Idea
Individual coherentism cannot generate the necessary normativity
Source
Martin Kusch (Knowledge by Agreement [2002], Ch.10)
Book Reference
Kusch,Martin: 'Knowledge by Agreement' [OUP 2004], p.121
A Reaction
This thought leads to belief in rationalism and the a priori, not (as Kusch hopes) to the social dimension. How can social normativity get off the ground if there is none of it to be found in individuals? The criteria of coherence seem to be given.