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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Coherentism"”.
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Metaphysical Coherentism
<p>I defend metaphysical coherentism, according to which reality is an interdependent network, system, or web, held together by a relation philosophers call "metaphysical explanation" or "grounding". If coherentism is true, nothing is ungrounded, things ground each other, and understanding what it …
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Coherentism in moral epistemology: moral science or elaborate intuitionism?
… concerns with the options available. Moral coherentism on the other hand, entirely rejects the claim that there exists this epistemically privileged group of non-inferentially justified beliefs that can function to justify the rest of the system. Instead, they maintain that all moral beliefs …
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The input objection: Bane of coherence theory
… to the input objection, which states that pure coherentism allows empirical justification to be cut off from the world. Laurence BonJour and Michael Williams attempt to rebut the input objection. BonJour does so by means of cognitively spontaneous beliefs. The arguments for these beliefs are, …
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Born free and equal?: on the ethical consistency of animal equality
… of universalism, which is a basic ingredient of coherentism, and generates an anti-discrimination rule. The index finger symbolizes a consequentialist welfare ethic, based on the coherence of impartiality and empathy. The middle finger is the mere means principle of a deontological rights ethic: …