Systems Common Web::Quotations::Quotes
Instance Specification Planets-of-belief - Coherentism (Carroll)
"No analogy is perfect, but the planets-of-belief metaphor is a nice way to understand the view known in philosophical circles a coherentism. According to this picture, a justified belief is one that belongs to a coherent set of propositions. This coherence plays the role of the gravitational pull that brings together the dust and rocks to form a real planet. A stable planet of belief will be one where all the individual beliefs are mutually coherent and reinforcing.
... gradual but constant churning, bringing different beliefs into contact with one another ... When two dramatically different beliefs come into contact, it can belike highly reactive chemicals being mixed together, leading to an impressive explosion - possibly even blowing the entire planet apart, until a new one can be reassembled from the different parts.
Ideally, we should be constantly testing and probing our planets of belief for inconsistencies and structural deficiencies."
Properties:
| Name | Planets-of-belief - Coherentism (Carroll) |
| Namespace | Quotes |
| Owner | Quotes |
| Qualified Name | Systems Common Model::Systems Common Web::Quotations::Quotes::Planets-of-belief - Coherentism (Carroll) |
| Visibility | Public |
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