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COHERENCE: THE PRICE IS RIGHT.

abstract This article is a response to Elijah Millgram's argument that my characterization of coherence as constraint satisfaction is inadequate for philosophical purposes because it provides no guarantee that the most coherent theory available will be true. I argue that the constraint satisfaction...

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Published in:Southern Journal of Philosophy Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 42 - 50
Main Author: THAGARD, PAUL
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Spring2012
Subjects:
Coherence (Philosophy)
Constraint satisfaction
Philosophical analysis
Computational intelligence
Millgrams, Elijah
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:abstract This article is a response to Elijah Millgram's argument that my characterization of coherence as constraint satisfaction is inadequate for philosophical purposes because it provides no guarantee that the most coherent theory available will be true. I argue that the constraint satisfaction account of coherence satisfies the philosophical, computational, and psychological prerequisites for the development of epistemological and ethical theories.