Coherence and probability

a probabilistic account of coherence

William Roche

pp. 59-91

in: Michał Araszkiewicz, Jaromír Šavelka (eds), Coherence, Berlin, Springer, 2013

Abstract

I develop a probabilistic account of coherence, and argue that at least in certain respects it is preferable to (at least some of) the main extant probabilistic accounts of coherence: (i) Igor Douven and Wouter Meijs's account, (ii) Branden Fitelson's account, (iii) Erik Olsson's account, and (iv) Tomoji Shogenji's account. Further, I relate the account to an important, but little discussed, problem for standard varieties of coherentism, viz., the "Problem of Justified Inconsistent Beliefs."

Cited authors

Shogenji Tomoji

Douven Igor