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must be ensured by repairs to any part in need of it. This metaphor fulfills the purpose of explaining the problem of incoherence, which was first raised in mathematics. Coherentists typically hold that justification is solely a function of some relationship between beliefs, none of which are privileged beliefs in the way maintained by dogmatic foundationalists. In this way universal truths are in closer reach. Different varieties of coherentism are individuated by the specific relationship between a system of knowledge and justified belief, which can be interpreted in terms of
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that we call justifications. But, unlike the relativist, the coherentist argues that these associations may be objectively real. Coherentism contends that dogmatic foundationalism does not provide the whole set of pure relations that might result in actually understanding the objective context of phenomena, because dogmatic assumptions are not proof-theoretic, and therefore remain incoherent or relativistic. Coherentists therefore argue that the only way to reach proof-theoretic truth that is not relativistic is through coherency.
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explanation of the same phenomenon is not as coherent as one that uses only one explanation, all other things being equal. Conversely, a theory that explains divergent phenomena using unrelated explanations is not as coherent as one that uses only one explanation for those divergent phenomena. These requirements are variations on
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poses another problem, the problem of the stowaway argument that might carry epistemological implications. However, a coherentist might say that if the truth conditions of the logic hold, then there will be no problem regardless of any additional conditions that happen to be true. Thus, the stress is
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of beliefs, hence ruling out any such connection through experience, then it seems that coherentism would allow for the justification of empirical beliefs in isolation from the external world. Coherentists have a variety of responses to this. One strategy is to argue that no set of beliefs held by an
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has expressed the same point differently, arguing that beliefs must be "mutually consistent, cotenable, and supportive. That is, the components must be reasonable in light of one another. Since both cotenability and supportiveness are matters of degree, coherence is too." Usually the system of belief
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will each separately cohere with one complete set of all beliefs, thus making it internally inconsistent. For example, if someone holds a belief that is false, how might we determine whether the belief refers to something real although it is false, or whether instead the right belief is true although
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have said that it cannot have contents and proofs at the same time, unless the contents are infinite, or unless the contents somehow exist in the form of proof. Such a form of 'existing proof' might seem ridiculous, but coherentists tend to think it is non-problematic. It therefore falls into a group
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After responding to foundationalism, coherentists normally characterize their view positively by replacing the foundationalism metaphor of a building as a model for the structure of knowledge with different metaphors, such as the metaphor that models our knowledge on a ship at sea whose seaworthiness
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is divided between an anthropological approach, which applies only to localized networks ('true within a given sample of a population, given our understanding of the population'), and an approach that is judged on the basis of universals, such as categorical sets. The anthropological approach belongs
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It is necessary for coherentism to explain in some detail what it means for a system to be coherent. At the least, coherence must include logical consistency. It also usually requires some degree of integration of the various components of the system. A system that contains more than one unrelated
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Foundationalism relies on the claim that it is not necessary to ask for justification of certain propositions, or that they are self-justifying. Coherentists argue that this position is overly dogmatic. In other words, it does not provide real criteria for determining what is true and what is not.
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Coherentism is sometimes characterized as accepting that the series forms a loop, but although this would produce a form of coherentism, this is not what is generally meant by the term. Those who do accept the loop theory sometimes argue that the body of assumptions used to prove the theory is not
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statement. For example, if someone makes an observational statement, such as "it is raining", the coherentist contends that it is reasonable to ask for example whether this mere statement refers to anything real. What is real about the statement, it turns out, is the extended pattern of relations
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Coherentism is a view about the structure and system of knowledge, or else justified belief. The coherentist's thesis is normally formulated in terms of a denial of its contrary, such as dogmatic foundationalism, which lacks a proof-theoretical framework, or correspondence theory, which lacks
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complete set of truths, coherentism must therefore resolve internally that these systems are not contradictory, by establishing what is meant by truth. At this point, Coherence could be faulted for adopting its own variation of dogmatic foundationalism by arbitrarily selecting truth values.
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with all or most of his or her other (true) beliefs. The terminology of coherence is then said to correlate with truth via some concept of what qualifies all truth, such as absoluteness or universalism. These further terms become the qualifiers of what is meant by a truth statement, and the
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and his many worlds theory although popular with philosophers, has had the effect of creating wide disbelief of universals amongst academics. Many difficulties lie in between hypothetical coherence and its effective actualization. Coherentism claims, at a minimum, that not all knowledge
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An infinite series appears to offer little help, unless a way is found to model infinite sets. This might entail additional assumptions. Otherwise, it is impossible to check that each justification is satisfactory without making broad generalizations.
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what is at question in considering a loop of premises. This would serve the typical purpose of circumventing the reliance on a regression, but might be considered a form of logical foundationalism. But otherwise, it must be assumed that a loop
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agent would remain coherent over time if it was isolated from the external world in this way. Another approach argues that coherentism should be modified such that empirical beliefs can only be justified if the relevant set includes beliefs
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Coherentism rejects the soundness of the regression argument, which assumes that the justification for a proposition follows a linear sequence: P" justifies P', which in turn justifies P. According to coherentism, justification is a
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process. Inferential justification for the belief that P is nonlinear, meaning that P" and P' are not epistemically prior to P. Instead, the beliefs P", P', and P work together to achieve epistemic justification.
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truth-statements then decide what is meant by a true belief. Usually, coherence is taken to imply something stronger than mere consistency. Statements that are comprehensive and meet the requirements of
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as a property of a belief only if that belief is a member of a coherent set. What distinguishes coherentism from other theories of justification is that the set is the primary bearer of justification.
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that the bird and the tree are there, but in either case there is a coherence between the virtual world and the real one, expressed in terms of true beliefs within available experience.
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A number of philosophers have raised concerns over the link between intuitive notions of coherence that form the foundation of epistemic forms of coherentism and some formal results in
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The Coherentist analytic project then involves a process of justifying what is meant by adequate criteria for non-dogmatic truth. As an offshoot of this, the theory insists that it is
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universe, they could see birds in the trees that aren't really there. Not only are the birds not really there, but the trees aren't really there either. The people may or may not
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it is not believed? Coherence must thus rely on a theory that is either non-contradictory or accepts some limited degree of incoherence, such as relativism or
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Elgin, Catherine Z. (2005). "Non-foundationalist Epistemology: Holism, Coherence, and Tenability". In Steup, Matthias; Sosa, Ernest (eds.).
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is a way of explicating truth values while circumventing beliefs that might be false in any way. More traditional critics from the
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experiences, and hence no belief can be justified without involving experiences about the world. This latter position is known as
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The coherentist theory of justification, which may be interpreted as relating to either theory of coherent truth, characterizes
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One might conclude that there must be some statements that, for some reason, do not need justification. This view is called
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sentences to those that cohere with some specified set of sentences. Someone's belief is true if and only if it is
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Klein, P. D. (2007). Human Knowledge and the Infinite Progress of Reasoning. Philosophical Studies, 134 (1), 1-17.
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In contemporary philosophy, epistemologists who have significantly contributed to epistemic coherentism include:
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is taken to be the complete set of beliefs of the individual or group, that is, their theory of the world.
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of theories that are sometimes deemed excessively generalistic, what Gábor Forrai calls 'blob realism'.
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of the world being this way. However, if coherence is sufficient for justification and coherence is
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the series forms a loop, so that each statement is ultimately involved in its own justification.
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that plagues correspondence theory. In an epistemological sense, it is a theory about how
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Otto Neurath (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Coherentists must argue that their truth-values are not arbitrary for provable reasons.
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the series is infinitely long, with every statement justified by some other statement.
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Coherentist Theories of Epistemic Justification (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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through its insistence on definitions. It also attempts to offer a solution to the
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The Romantic Idea of the Golden Age in Friedrich Schlegel's Philosophy of History
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justified belief rest ultimately on a foundation of noninferential knowledge
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Paul K. Moser (1986), "Epistemic Coherentism and the Isolation Objection",
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the series terminates with certain statements having to be self-justifying.
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justified belief. To defend this view, they may argue that conjunctions (
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The Correspondence Theory of Truth (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Shogenji, Tomoji (2007). "Why Does Coherence Appear Truth-Conducive?".
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Harold Henry Joachim (1868—1938) (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Reason in the World: Hegel's Metaphysics and Its Philosophical Appeal
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The Coherence Theory of Truth (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Perhaps the best-known objection to a coherence theory of truth is
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Coherentism in Epistemology (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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on making the theory valid within the set, and also verifiable.
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that relied on statements that were taken to be self-evident: "
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take observations as providing the foundation for the series.
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Friedrich Schlegel and the Emergence of Romantic Philosophy
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is also sometimes thought to be an epistemic coherentist.
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As an illustration of the principle, if people lived in a
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3183: 3180: 3178: 3175: 3173: 3170: 3168: 3165: 3164: 3162: 3160:Miscellaneous 3158: 3152: 3149: 3147: 3146:Structuralism 3144: 3142: 3139: 3137: 3134: 3132: 3131:Postmodernism 3129: 3127: 3124: 3122: 3121:Phenomenology 3119: 3117: 3114: 3112: 3109: 3107: 3104: 3102: 3099: 3097: 3094: 3092: 3089: 3087: 3084: 3082: 3079: 3078: 3076: 3074: 3070: 3064: 3061: 3059: 3058:Vienna Circle 3056: 3054: 3051: 3049: 3046: 3044: 3041: 3039: 3036: 3034: 3031: 3029: 3026: 3024: 3021: 3019: 3016: 3014: 3011: 3009: 3006: 3004: 3001: 2999: 2996: 2994: 2991: 2989: 2988:Moral realism 2986: 2984: 2981: 2979: 2976: 2974: 2971: 2969: 2966: 2964: 2960: 2957: 2955: 2952: 2950: 2947: 2945: 2942: 2940: 2937: 2935: 2932: 2930: 2927: 2925: 2922: 2920: 2917: 2916: 2914: 2912: 2908: 2905: 2903: 2899: 2889: 2886: 2884: 2881: 2879: 2876: 2874: 2871: 2869: 2866: 2864: 2861: 2859: 2856: 2852: 2849: 2848: 2847: 2844: 2842: 2839: 2838: 2836: 2832: 2826: 2823: 2821: 2818: 2816: 2813: 2811: 2808: 2806: 2803: 2801: 2798: 2796: 2793: 2791: 2790:Phenomenology 2788: 2786: 2783: 2781: 2778: 2776: 2773: 2771: 2768: 2766: 2763: 2761: 2758: 2756: 2753: 2751: 2748: 2746: 2743: 2741: 2738: 2736: 2733: 2731: 2730:Individualism 2728: 2724: 2721: 2719: 2716: 2714: 2711: 2709: 2706: 2704: 2701: 2699: 2696: 2695: 2694: 2691: 2687: 2684: 2683: 2682: 2679: 2677: 2674: 2672: 2669: 2667: 2664: 2662: 2659: 2657: 2654: 2652: 2649: 2647: 2644: 2642: 2639: 2637: 2634: 2632: 2629: 2627: 2624: 2622: 2619: 2618: 2615: 2612: 2610: 2606: 2596: 2595:Judeo-Islamic 2593: 2592: 2590: 2588: 2584: 2578: 2575: 2573: 2572: 2571:ʿIlm al-Kalām 2568: 2566: 2563: 2561: 2558: 2556: 2553: 2551: 2548: 2547: 2545: 2543: 2539: 2533: 2530: 2526: 2523: 2521: 2520:Shuddhadvaita 2518: 2516: 2513: 2511: 2508: 2506: 2503: 2501: 2498: 2496: 2493: 2492: 2491: 2488: 2487: 2485: 2481: 2475: 2472: 2470: 2467: 2465: 2462: 2460: 2457: 2455: 2454:Scholasticism 2452: 2450: 2447: 2445: 2442: 2441: 2439: 2437: 2433: 2427: 2424: 2422: 2419: 2417: 2414: 2412: 2409: 2407: 2404: 2402: 2399: 2397: 2394: 2393: 2391: 2387: 2384: 2382: 2378: 2368: 2365: 2363: 2360: 2358: 2355: 2353: 2350: 2349: 2347: 2345: 2341: 2333: 2330: 2328: 2325: 2323: 2320: 2318: 2315: 2313: 2310: 2308: 2305: 2303: 2300: 2298: 2295: 2293: 2290: 2289: 2288: 2285: 2281: 2278: 2276: 2273: 2272: 2271: 2268: 2264: 2261: 2259: 2256: 2254: 2251: 2249: 2246: 2244: 2241: 2239: 2236: 2234: 2231: 2229: 2226: 2225: 2224: 2221: 2220: 2218: 2216: 2212: 2206: 2203: 2201: 2198: 2196: 2193: 2191: 2188: 2186: 2183: 2181: 2178: 2174: 2171: 2169: 2166: 2164: 2161: 2159: 2156: 2155: 2154: 2151: 2149: 2146: 2144: 2141: 2139: 2136: 2134: 2131: 2129: 2126: 2124: 2121: 2117: 2114: 2112: 2109: 2107: 2104: 2102: 2099: 2097: 2094: 2093: 2092: 2089: 2088: 2086: 2084: 2081: 2077: 2071: 2068: 2066: 2063: 2061: 2058: 2056: 2053: 2051: 2048: 2046: 2043: 2041: 2038: 2036: 2033: 2032: 2030: 2028: 2024: 2021: 2019: 2015: 2007: 2004: 2002: 1999: 1997: 1994: 1992: 1989: 1987: 1984: 1983: 1982: 1979: 1977: 1974: 1973: 1971: 1969: 1965: 1961: 1954: 1950: 1936: 1933: 1931: 1928: 1926: 1923: 1921: 1918: 1916: 1913: 1911: 1908: 1906: 1905:Conceptualism 1903: 1901: 1898: 1897: 1895: 1893: 1889: 1883: 1880: 1878: 1875: 1873: 1870: 1869: 1867: 1865: 1861: 1855: 1852: 1850: 1847: 1845: 1842: 1840: 1837: 1835: 1834:Particularism 1832: 1830: 1827: 1826: 1824: 1822: 1818: 1812: 1809: 1807: 1804: 1802: 1801:Functionalism 1799: 1797: 1794: 1792: 1789: 1787: 1786:Eliminativism 1784: 1782: 1779: 1778: 1776: 1774: 1770: 1764: 1761: 1759: 1756: 1754: 1751: 1749: 1746: 1744: 1741: 1739: 1736: 1735: 1733: 1731: 1727: 1721: 1718: 1714: 1711: 1710: 1709: 1706: 1702: 1699: 1698: 1697: 1694: 1692: 1691:Compatibilism 1689: 1688: 1686: 1684: 1680: 1674: 1671: 1669: 1666: 1664: 1661: 1660: 1658: 1656: 1652: 1646: 1643: 1641: 1638: 1636: 1633: 1631: 1630:Particularism 1628: 1626: 1623: 1621: 1618: 1616: 1613: 1612: 1610: 1608: 1604: 1598: 1595: 1593: 1590: 1588: 1585: 1584: 1582: 1580: 1576: 1570: 1567: 1565: 1562: 1560: 1557: 1555: 1552: 1550: 1547: 1545: 1542: 1540: 1537: 1535: 1532: 1530: 1527: 1525: 1522: 1520: 1517: 1515: 1512: 1511: 1509: 1507: 1503: 1499: 1492: 1488: 1484: 1477: 1472: 1470: 1465: 1463: 1458: 1457: 1454: 1448: 1441: 1435: 1434: 1429: 1428:"Coherentism" 1426: 1422: 1421: 1416: 1412: 1411: 1402: 1398: 1395: 1394: 1381: 1377: 1373: 1369: 1365: 1361: 1357: 1353: 1346: 1338: 1336:0-19-927999-3 1332: 1327: 1326: 1317: 1309: 1305: 1301: 1297: 1293: 1291:0-19-926975-0 1287: 1283: 1276: 1268: 1264: 1260: 1253: 1245: 1238: 1230: 1223: 1217: 1212: 1206: 1201: 1194: 1188: 1181: 1178:Asko Nivala, 1175: 1169: 1164: 1158: 1153: 1146: 1140: 1133: 1127: 1120: 1116: 1110: 1102: 1100:9780631224259 1096: 1092: 1085: 1076: 1069: 1063: 1057: 1052: 1050: 1043: 1038: 1036: 1034: 1032: 1030: 1025: 1012: 1007: 1004: 1002: 999: 997: 994: 992: 989: 988: 987: 983: 980: 978: 975: 973: 970: 968: 965: 964: 963: 962: 951: 950:Web of belief 948: 947: 944:Related ideas 939: 936: 934: 931: 930: 921: 910: 903: 901: 896: 893: 888: 887: 883: 878: 874: 870: 866: 862: 857: 855: 851: 847: 842: 839: 835: 831: 821: 819: 815: 814:Occam's razor 809: 806: 801: 790: 787: 783: 777: 775: 771: 767: 763: 759: 755: 751: 741: 739: 733: 726: 723: 720: 719: 718: 716: 712: 711:justification 702: 700: 696: 692: 688: 684: 680: 676: 672: 667: 665: 661: 660:F. H. Bradley 657: 652: 650: 646: 642: 638: 634: 633:Immanuel Kant 630: 626: 616: 614: 609: 605: 600: 597: 593: 589: 585: 580: 578: 577:Occam's razor 573: 569: 559: 557: 553: 547: 545: 541: 537: 533: 528: 524: 518: 516: 512: 508: 504: 500: 496: 493: 488: 486: 481: 479: 475: 470: 465: 463: 459: 458: 452: 448: 444: 441: 440:philosophical 429: 424: 422: 417: 415: 410: 409: 407: 406: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 384: 381: 380: 372: 371: 364: 361: 359: 356: 354: 353:Immanuel Kant 351: 349: 346: 344: 341: 339: 338:Wang Yangming 336: 334: 331: 329: 326: 324: 321: 320: 312: 311: 304: 301: 299: 296: 294: 291: 289: 286: 284: 281: 279: 276: 274: 271: 270: 262: 261: 254: 251: 249: 246: 244: 241: 239: 236: 234: 231: 229: 226: 224: 221: 219: 218:Justification 216: 214: 211: 209: 206: 204: 201: 199: 196: 194: 191: 189: 186: 184: 183: 179: 175: 173: 170: 168: 165: 164: 156: 155: 148: 147:Structuralism 145: 143: 140: 138: 135: 133: 130: 128: 125: 123: 120: 118: 117:Perspectivism 115: 113: 110: 108: 105: 103: 102:Infallibilism 100: 98: 95: 93: 90: 88: 85: 83: 80: 78: 75: 73: 72:Contextualism 70: 68: 65: 64: 56: 55: 49: 46: 44: 41: 39: 36: 35: 33: 32: 29: 26: 25: 21: 20: 5025:Larry Laudan 5005:Imre Lakatos 4960:Otto Neurath 4935:Karl Pearson 4925:Pierre Duhem 4897:Isaac Newton 4827:Protoscience 4785:Epistemology 4659:Anti-realism 4657: / 4638: / 4629: / 4615: / 4613:Reductionism 4611: / 4584:Inductionism 4564:Evolutionism 4518: 4369: 4256:a posteriori 4255: 4251: 4103: 4004:Common sense 3982:A posteriori 3981: 3973: 3935:Reductionism 3849: 3829: 3780:Gilbert Ryle 3650:Fred Dretske 3635:Keith DeRose 3579:Epistemology 3529: 3515: 3186: 3177:Postcritique 3167:Kyoto School 3126:Posthumanism 3106:Hermeneutics 2962: 2961: / 2902:Contemporary 2878:Newtonianism 2841:Cartesianism 2800:Reductionism 2636:Conservatism 2631:Collectivism 2569: 2297:Sarvāstivadā 2275:Anekantavada 2200:Neoplatonism 2168:Epicureanism 2101:Pythagoreans 2040:Confucianism 2006:Contemporary 1996:Early modern 1900:Anti-realism 1854:Universalism 1811:Subjectivism 1607:Epistemology 1431: 1418: 1400: 1391:Bibliography 1355: 1351: 1345: 1339:, 0199279993 1324: 1316: 1310:, 0199269750 1281: 1275: 1266: 1262: 1252: 1243: 1237: 1228: 1222: 1211: 1200: 1192: 1187: 1179: 1174: 1163: 1152: 1144: 1139: 1131: 1126: 1118: 1109: 1090: 1084: 1075: 1067: 1062: 1010: 897: 889: 885: 881: 872: 860: 858: 856:is trivial. 845: 843: 837: 829: 827: 810: 796: 785: 781: 778: 754:rationalists 747: 734: 730: 710: 708: 699:Otto Neurath 695:Paul Thagard 691:Keith Lehrer 668: 663: 662:in his book 653: 622: 601: 591: 587: 581: 571: 567: 565: 556:proof theory 548: 543: 539: 535: 531: 519: 489: 482: 466: 461: 454: 446: 443:epistemology 437: 182:a posteriori 181: 177: 66: 28:Epistemology 5087:Coherentism 5015:Ian Hacking 5000:Thomas Kuhn 4985:Karl Popper 4965:C. D. Broad 4882:Roger Bacon 4810:Non-science 4752:Linguistics 4732:Archaeology 4627:Rationalism 4617:Determinism 4604:Physicalism 4569:Fallibilism 4519:Coherentism 4449:Testability 4402:Observation 4397:Objectivity 4358:alternative 4289:Correlation 4279:Consilience 4084:Proposition 4054:Objectivity 3940:Reliabilism 3930:Rationalism 3875:Fallibilism 3850:Coherentism 3795:Ernest Sosa 3770:Thomas Reid 3755:James Pryor 3725:G. E. Moore 3715:David Lewis 3705:Saul Kripke 3700:Peter Klein 3680:Susan Haack 3610:Robert Audi 3172:Objectivism 3111:Neo-Marxism 3073:Continental 2983:Meta-ethics 2963:Coherentism 2868:Hegelianism 2805:Rationalism 2765:Natural law 2745:Materialism 2671:Historicism 2641:Determinism 2532:Navya-Nyāya 2307:Sautrāntika 2302:Pudgalavada 2238:Vaisheshika 2091:Presocratic 1991:Renaissance 1930:Physicalism 1915:Materialism 1821:Normativity 1806:Objectivism 1791:Emergentism 1781:Behaviorism 1730:Metaphysics 1696:Determinism 1635:Rationalism 892:metaphysics 869:experiences 850:materialism 774:empiricists 679:C. I. Lewis 671:A. C. Ewing 447:coherentism 238:Rationality 213:Information 127:Rationalism 87:Fallibilism 67:Coherentism 5081:Categories 4902:David Hume 4875:Precursors 4757:Psychology 4737:Economics‎ 4631:Empiricism 4622:Pragmatism 4609:Positivism 4599:Naturalism 4469:scientific 4353:Hypothesis 4316:Experiment 4185:Discussion 4175:Task Force 4094:Simplicity 4074:Perception 3950:Skepticism 3925:Positivism 3900:Infinitism 3865:Empiricism 3720:John Locke 3685:David Hume 3675:Anil Gupta 3670:Paul Grice 3645:John Dewey 3615:A. J. Ayer 3471:Amerindian 3378:Australian 3317:Vietnamese 3297:Indonesian 2846:Kantianism 2795:Positivism 2785:Pragmatism 2760:Naturalism 2740:Liberalism 2718:Subjective 2656:Empiricism 2560:Avicennism 2505:Bhedabheda 2389:East Asian 2312:Madhyamaka 2292:Abhidharma 2158:Pyrrhonism 1925:Nominalism 1920:Naturalism 1849:Skepticism 1839:Relativism 1829:Absolutism 1758:Naturalism 1668:Deontology 1640:Skepticism 1625:Naturalism 1615:Empiricism 1579:Aesthetics 1483:Philosophy 1269:: 333–335. 1020:References 854:relativism 764:developed 562:Definition 503:infinitism 455:coherence 453:, and the 348:David Hume 208:Experience 137:Skepticism 132:Relativism 122:Pragmatism 112:Naturalism 107:Infinitism 82:Empiricism 4742:Geography 4710:Chemistry 4669:Scientism 4464:ladenness 4284:Construct 4262:Causality 4049:Knowledge 4034:Induction 3984:knowledge 3976:knowledge 3350:Pakistani 3312:Taiwanese 3259:Ethiopian 3232:By region 3218:By region 3033:Scientism 3028:Systemics 2888:Spinozism 2815:Socialism 2750:Modernism 2713:Objective 2621:Anarchism 2555:Averroism 2444:Christian 2396:Neotaoism 2367:Zurvanism 2357:Mithraism 2352:Mazdakism 2123:Cyrenaics 2050:Logicians 1683:Free will 1645:Solipsism 1592:Formalism 1308:15554525M 1070:27:83–99. 890:However, 758:Descartes 592:Coherence 515:justified 501:and also 467:Coherent 323:Aristotle 228:Knowledge 223:Induction 198:Certainty 142:Solipsism 77:Dogmatism 5037:Category 4689:Vitalism 4512:Theories 4486:Variable 4407:Paradigm 4294:function 4252:A priori 4241:Analysis 4234:Concepts 4170:Category 3989:Analysis 3974:A priori 3965:Concepts 3905:Innatism 3842:Theories 3536:Category 3491:Yugoslav 3481:Romanian 3388:Scottish 3373:American 3302:Japanese 3282:Buddhist 3264:Africana 3254:Egyptian 3096:Feminist 3018:Rawlsian 3013:Quietism 2911:Analytic 2863:Krausism 2770:Nihilism 2735:Kokugaku 2698:Absolute 2693:Idealism 2681:Humanism 2469:Occamism 2436:European 2381:Medieval 2327:Yogacara 2287:Buddhist 2280:Syādvāda 2163:Stoicism 2128:Cynicism 2116:Sophists 2111:Atomists 2106:Eleatics 2045:Legalism 1986:Medieval 1910:Idealism 1864:Ontology 1844:Nihilism 1748:Idealism 1506:Branches 1495:Branches 1380:34982584 1372:27653566 1352:Synthese 1300:53393352 1117:(eds.), 906:See also 800:holistic 756:such as 666:(1883). 608:negation 572:coherent 193:Credence 178:A priori 160:Concepts 43:Category 4747:History 4715:Physics 4705:Biology 4503:more... 4491:control 4387:Inquiry 4105:more... 3885:Fideism 3831:more... 3486:Russian 3455:Spanish 3450:Slovene 3440:Maltese 3435:Italian 3415:Finland 3383:British 3365:Western 3355:Turkish 3340:Islamic 3335:Iranian 3287:Chinese 3274:Eastern 3241:African 3188:more... 2873:Marxism 2703:British 2646:Dualism 2542:Islamic 2500:Advaita 2490:Vedanta 2464:Scotism 2459:Thomism 2401:Tiantai 2344:Persian 2332:Tibetan 2322:Śūnyatā 2263:Cārvāka 2253:Ājīvika 2248:Mīmāṃsā 2228:Samkhya 2143:Academy 2096:Ionians 2070:Yangism 2027:Chinese 2018:Ancient 1981:Western 1976:Ancient 1935:Realism 1892:Reality 1882:Process 1763:Realism 1743:Dualism 1738:Atomism 1620:Fideism 762:Spinoza 619:History 613:paradox 363:more... 266:Domains 233:Meaning 92:Fideism 60:Schools 38:Outline 4459:choice 4454:Theory 4392:Nature 4321:design 3999:Belief 3895:Holism 3445:Polish 3425:German 3420:French 3405:Danish 3395:Canada 3345:Jewish 3307:Korean 3292:Indian 2834:People 2755:Monism 2708:German 2676:Holism 2609:Modern 2587:Jewish 2510:Dvaita 2483:Indian 2406:Huayan 2258:Ajñana 2215:Indian 2080:Greco- 2065:Taoism 2055:Mohism 2001:Modern 1968:By era 1957:By era 1872:Action 1753:Monism 1673:Virtue 1655:Ethics 1378:  1370:  1333:  1306:  1298:  1288:  1097:  1011: 782:always 693:, and 643:, and 511:belief 495:theory 490:As an 449:: the 253:Wisdom 243:Reason 188:Belief 167:Action 4180:Stubs 4099:Truth 3745:Plato 3476:Aztec 3430:Greek 3410:Dutch 3400:Czech 3249:Bantu 2686:Anti- 2233:Nyaya 2223:Hindu 2083:Roman 1877:Event 1519:Logic 1376:S2CID 1368:JSTOR 469:truth 248:Truth 48:Index 4363:null 4333:Fact 4254:and 2577:Sufi 2411:Chan 2270:Jain 2243:Yoga 1773:Mind 1713:Hard 1701:Hard 1331:ISBN 1296:OCLC 1286:ISBN 1095:ISBN 877:sets 873:only 760:and 647:and 588:know 568:true 203:Data 180:and 2851:Neo 2416:Zen 1360:doi 1356:157 882:and 838:one 786:any 654:In 623:In 546:). 540:and 532:and 464:). 438:In 5083:: 1417:. 1399:. 1374:. 1366:. 1354:. 1304:OL 1302:, 1294:, 1267:25 1265:. 1261:. 1048:^ 1028:^ 697:. 689:, 685:, 681:, 677:, 673:, 639:, 635:, 631:, 558:. 544:or 536:or 517:. 480:. 4219:e 4212:t 4205:v 3571:e 3564:t 3557:v 1475:e 1468:t 1461:v 1423:. 1382:. 1362:: 1103:. 427:e 420:t 413:v

Index

Epistemology
Outline
Category
Index
Coherentism
Contextualism
Dogmatism
Empiricism
Fallibilism
Fideism
Foundationalism
Infallibilism
Infinitism
Naturalism
Perspectivism
Pragmatism
Rationalism
Relativism
Skepticism
Solipsism
Structuralism
Action
Analytic–synthetic distinction
A priori and a posteriori
Belief
Credence
Certainty
Data
Experience
Information

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