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| Coherence: Coherence is a feature of a system of sentences. Coherence theory is not primarily concerned with objects in the world but with prior knowledge and its itegration._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Bigelow on Coherence Theory - Dictionary of Arguments
I 234 Humean theories/natural laws/VsCorrespondence theory/Bigelow/Pargetter: are rivals of correspondence theory. Coherence theory: Humeans pro coherence theory. >D. Hume, >Causality/Hume, >Causality/Bigelow, >Correspondence, >Correspondence theory. Coherence theory: Humean pro coherence theory. >Coherence, >Laws of nature._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Big I J. Bigelow, R. Pargetter Science and Necessity Cambridge 1990 |
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