Coherence, Truth and Testimony

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gähde, Ulrich (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hartmann, Stephan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Modern philosophy.; Philosophy, general.; Modern Philosophy.

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 co...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Testimony, Credibility, and Eplanatory Coherence
• The Role of Coherence of Evidence in the Non-Dynamic Model of Confirmation
• Against Probabilistic Measures of Coherence
• Why There Cannot be a Single Probabilistic Measure of Coherence
• Problems With Priors in Probabilistic Measures of Coherence
• The Impossibility of Coherence
• Coherence and the Truth Connection.