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coherent +‎ -ist

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coherentist (comparative more coherentist, superlative most coherentist)

  1. (philosophy) Of or supporting coherentism

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coherentist (plural coherentists)

  1. (philosophy) One who supports coherentism in terms of truth or justification
    • 2007 July 12, Harold Langsam, “Rationality, Justification, and the Internalism/Externalism Debate”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:
      So the foundationalist holds that both experiences and beliefs can justify beliefs, whereas the coherentist holds that only beliefs can justify beliefs.

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