According to foundationalism, each belief inherits its justification from other beliefs which ultimately inherit theirs from some basic fundamental beliefs that are themselves self-justified or not in need of justification. According to coherentism, the basic unit of justification are not beliefs but whole sets of beliefs and theories. Whether one belief is justified depends on its place in a network of coherence relations to other beliefs and to the theories it belongs to.
In Logic, deductive justification as represented by an axiomatic system mirrors very well foundationalism. But are the main ideas of coherentism applicable to logic as well?
Some of my publications in this area are:
- Belastegui, J. (2026): Classical Logical Coherentism. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 55, 713-757. DOI: 10.1007/s10992-026-09849-3
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