Coherence, Truth and Testimony

ISBN-13: 9789048171255 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 132 str.

Ulrich Gahde; Stephan Hartmann; Ulrich G. Hde

Opis

Coherence is a burgeoning topic of research. Diverse methodologies have been applied to shed light on the topic and its relevance to fundamental questions throughout philosophy. The collection brings together the full scope of this research in a single volume. The first group of essays attack the core topic of the book: coherence. Authors in this section take up the challenging and controversial task of measuring the coherence of an information set, while others criticize this endeavor. The second group of papers in the collection relate this foundational research to a wide array of epistemological and metaphysical challenges. For example, some papers consider the relationship between truth and coherence. Is coherence truth conducive, and if yes, under which conditions? A related issue taken up in this volume is the connection between coherence and testimony. Are we justified in believing coherent reports by independent, though only partially reliable witnesses more than a single report? If yes, under which conditions does this claim hold true? By the end of the book, the reader should have a comprehensive understanding of the topic of coherence, the controversy surrounding it, and its implications across the discipline of philosophy.

Spis treści

ULRICH GÄHDE and STEPHAN HARTMANN / Editorial PAUL THAGARD / Testimony, Credibility, and Explanatory Coherence TOMOJI SHOGENJI / The Role of Coherence of Evidence in the Non-Dynamic Model of Confirmation MARK SIEBEL / Against Probabilistic Measures of Coherence LUC BOVENS and STEPHAN HARTMANN / Why There Cannot Be a Single Probabilistic Measure of Coherence DAVID H. GLASS / Problems With Priors in Probabilistic Measures of Coherence ERIC J. OLSSON / The Impossibility of Coherence KEITH LEHRER / Coherence and the Truth Connection

Blurb

Coherence is a burgeoning topic of research. Diverse methodologies have been applied to shed light on the topic and its relevance to fundamental questions throughout philosophy. The collection brings together the full scope of this research in a single volume. The first group of essays attack the core topic of the book: coherence. Authors in this section take up the challenging and controversial task of measuring the coherence of an information set, while others criticize this endeavor. The second group of papers in the collection relate this foundational research to a wide array of epistemological and metaphysical challenges. For example, some papers consider the relationship between truth and coherence. Is coherence truth conducive, and if yes, under which conditions? A related issue taken up in this volume is the connection between coherence and testimony. Are we justified in believing coherent reports by independent, though only partially reliable witnesses more than a single report? If yes, under which conditions does this claim hold true? By the end of the book, the reader should have a comprehensive understanding of topic of coherence, the controversy surrounding it, and its implications across the discipline of philosophy.