Erik J. Olsson

Against Coherence

Truth, Probability, and Justification

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Produktbeschreibung

Erik Olsson's book is the most extensive and detailed study of coherence and probable truth to date. Setting new standards of precision and clarity, Olsson argues that the value of coherence has been widely overestimated. Against Coherence will make stimulating reading for epistemologists and anyone with a serious interest in truth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780199550517
• ISBN-10: 0199550514
• Artikelnr.: 24764276

Autorenporträt

Erik J. Olsson is Professor and Chair in Theoretical Philosophy at Lund University, Sweden

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
Part I: Does coherence imply truth?
2: Coherence, truth, and testimony
3: C. I. Lewis's radical justification of memory
4: Laurence BonJour's radical justification of belief
5: C. A. J. Coady's radical justification of natural testimony
Part II: Does more coherence imply higher likelihood of truth?
6: Making the question precise
7: A negative answer
Part III: Other views
8: How not to regain the truth connection: a reply to Bovens and Hartmann
9: Other coherence theories
Part IV: Scepticism and incoherence
10: Pragmatism, doubt, and the role of incoherence
Appendix A: Counterexample to the Doxastic Extension Principle
Appendix B: Proof of the Impossibility Theorem
Appendix C: Proofs of Observations