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COHERENCE: THE PRICE IS RIGHT
Author(s) -
THAGARD PAUL
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the southern journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2041-6962
pISSN - 0038-4283
DOI - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2011.00091.x
Subject(s) - coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , argument (complex analysis) , constraint (computer aided design) , epistemology , philosophy , mathematics , biochemistry , statistics , chemistry , geometry
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.