Full Idea
Bayesians demonstrate that a self-correcting agent can build an imposing edifice of near-certain knowledge from numerous beliefs that are only slightly more probable than not.
Clarification
See under Scientific Reasoning|Induction for 'Bayesians'
Gist of Idea
Bayesians build near-certainty from lots of reasonably probable beliefs
Source
Roy Sorensen (Vagueness and Contradiction [2001], 6.1)
Book Reference
Sorensen,Roy: 'Vagueness and Contradiction' [OUP 2004], p.96
A Reaction
This strikes me as highly significant for the coherence account of justification, even if one is sceptical about the arithmetical approach to belief of Bayesianism. It seems obvious that lots of quite likely facts build towards certainty, Watson.