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coherentist

coherentist adjective: of or supporting coherentism.

Adjective

coherentist (comparative more coherentist, superlative most coherentist)

  1. Of or supporting coherentism

Noun

coherentist (plural coherentists)

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

Forms of coherentist

Adjective
comparativemore coherentist
superlativemost coherentist
Noun
pluralcoherentists

Origin of coherentist

From coherent + -ist.

Questions about coherentist

What does coherentist mean?
Coherentist means of or supporting coherentism.
What part of speech is coherentist?
Coherentist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near coherentist in the dictionary

  1. coherency
  2. coherent
  3. coherent light
  4. coherentism
  5. coherentisms
  6. coherentist
  7. coherentists
  8. coherentization
  9. coherentizations
  10. coherentized
  11. coherently

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