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Coherentism / Erik J. Olsson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge elements in epistemologyPublication details: New York : Cambridge university press, 2022.Description: 72 pISBN:
  • 9781009055123
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 121 OLS
Contents:
1 Introduction 2 Coherentism and the Problems of Epistemology 3 The Probabilistic Turn in Coherentist Epistemology 4 Beyond Conceptual Analysis 5 Explicating Coherence 6 Conclusion
Summary: The first part of this Element introduces the reader to the main ideas and problems of coherentism. The next part describes the 'probabilistic turn', leading up to recent demonstrations that coherence fails to be conducive to truth. The final part reassesses the current debate about the proper definition of coherence from the standpoint of Rudolf Carnap's methodology of explication.
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1 Introduction
2 Coherentism and the Problems of Epistemology
3 The Probabilistic Turn in Coherentist Epistemology
4 Beyond Conceptual Analysis
5 Explicating Coherence
6 Conclusion

The first part of this Element introduces the reader to the main ideas and problems of coherentism. The next part describes the 'probabilistic turn', leading up to recent demonstrations that coherence fails to be conducive to truth. The final part reassesses the current debate about the proper definition of coherence from the standpoint of Rudolf Carnap's methodology of explication.

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