How to compare truth conductive property of coherentism and foundationalism?

Curious Layman February 20, 2021 at 04:36 1825 views 4 comments

A friend of mine suggested that coherentalist theory of justification is more appropriate than foundationalism when applied to religion. On the other hand foundationalism is superior when applied to the empirical world. However he couldn't justify his proposition. It made me wonder, how one to choose between two theories of justifications, especially the two mentioned above? Does one theory must be wrong, for the other to be correct? Or are there degrees of efficiency or truth conductiveness, through which we can compare them?

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Outlander February 20, 2021 at 04:57 #501380 0 likes

Coherentalist? That's.. that's definitely a new one.

Curious Layman February 20, 2021 at 05:05 #501382 0 likes

Reply to Outlander

Sorry if I spelled the term wrong. I wasn't sure how to say it.

Outlander February 20, 2021 at 05:15 #501385 0 likes

Reply to Curious Layman

I don't think you did, actually. Which is what concerned me. Coherent = able to be understood.

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I'm not sure what the antithesis of that would be or how it could even be discussed.