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Coherentism vs Coherentist - What's the difference?

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In philosophy|lang=en terms the difference between coherentism and coherentist

is that coherentism is (philosophy) a form of reasoning where the truth or falsehood of a belief is defined by its coherence with the rest of the believer's knowledge and experiences while coherentist is (philosophy) one who supports coherentism in terms of truth or justification.

As nouns the difference between coherentism and coherentist

is that coherentism is (philosophy) a form of reasoning where the truth or falsehood of a belief is defined by its coherence with the rest of the believer's knowledge and experiences while coherentist is (philosophy) one who supports coherentism in terms of truth or justification.

As an adjective coherentist is

(philosophy) of or supporting coherentism.

coherentism

English

(wikipedia coherentism)

Noun

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  • (philosophy) A form of reasoning where the truth or falsehood of a belief is defined by its coherence with the rest of the believer's knowledge and experiences.

    • Related terms

    * coherentist

    coherentist

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (philosophy) Of or supporting coherentism

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) One who supports coherentism in terms of truth or justification
  • * {{quote-journal, 2007, date=July 12, Harold Langsam, Rationality, Justification, and the Internalism/Externalism Debate, Erkenntnis, url=, doi=10.1007/s10670-007-9059-9, volume=68, issue=1, pages=
    • , passage=So the foundationalist holds that both experiences and beliefs can justify beliefs, whereas the coherentist holds that only beliefs can justify beliefs. }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "coherentist")