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(2007) Synthese 157 (3).
Recent results in probability theory have cast doubt on coherentism, purportedly showing (a) that coherence among a set of beliefs cannot raise their probability unless individual beliefs have some independent credibility, and (b) that no possible measure of coherence makes coherence generally probability-enhancing. I argue that coherentists can reject assumptions on which these theorems depend, and I derive a general condition under which the concurrence of two information sources lacking individual credibility can raise the probability of what they report.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-006-9059-3
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Huemer, M. (2007). Weak bayesian coherentism. Synthese 157 (3), pp. 337-346.