The book concludes with an account of the correspondence theory of empirical truth and an argument that systems of empirical belief which satisfy the coherentist standard of justification are also likely to be true. I do not aspire here to give anything like a complete. In the second part he explores a coherence theory of empirical knowledge and argues that a defensible theory must incorporate an adequate conception of observation. Laurence BonJour has provided a complex and sophisticated coherence theory of empirical knowledge. 1 Even though BonJour (forthcoming) seems to turn away from coherentism. The first part of the book offers a systematic exposition of foundationalist views and formulates a general argument to show that no variety of foundationalism provides an acceptable account of empirical justification. Epistemology has two parts: a theory of knowledge and a theory of belief. Nevertheless, the attempt is very serious, original, and worthy of careful study. Here BonJour sets out the most extensive antifoundationalist argument yet developed. In general Bonjour offers his proposal for a coherentist theory of empirical knowledge by laying down a large sketchy picture at sorne points the lines are so quick and rough that his arguments may appear naive.
Soonok Choi - 1992 - Dissertation, The University of Iowa Prodigal Epistemology: Coherence, Holism, and the Sellarsian Tradition. What looks like a pyramid is in fact a dead end, a blind alley. A Critical Discussion of Bonjour's Coherence Theory of Empirical Knowledge. For the foundationalist like Descartes each piece of knowledge can be stacked to build a pyramid. How must our knowledge be systematically organized in order to justify our beliefs? There are two options-the solid securing of the ancient foundationalist pyramid or the risky adventure of the new coherentist raft.
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