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The web of belief

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Random House, 1970 - Reasoning - 95 pages

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User Review  - John Christmann - Goodreads

A great introduction to the epistemological position of coherentism. Quine and Ullian brilliantly explain the difficult subject in common sense terms, with very little use of jargon. I highly ... Read full review

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Contents

Belief and Change of Belief
3
Observation
12
SelfEvidence
21
Copyright

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The web of belief
The web of belief
Willard Van Orman Quine,J. S. Ullian
Snippet view - 1978
The Web of Belief
The Web of Belief
W. V. Quine,J. S. Ullian
No preview available - 1978

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TitleThe web of belief
AuthorsWillard Van Orman Quine, J. S. Ullian
PublisherRandom House, 1970
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized11 Jun 2009
Length95 pages
  
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