Reasonableness and Probability 9. The Lottery Paradox 10. The Advantages of Truth Truth must be given its due. Acceptance is the central notion. An acceptance system is the relevant background system, with respect to coherence.
Coherence is determined by what is reasonable to accept based on the acceptance system.
A notion of subjective or personal justification will be based on what we accept, which is the starting point for lack of a better alternative . We are really not that good at self-observation, but so be it. There is no exit from the circle of what we accept. Acceptance and Belief Reconsidered Our system tells us it is more reasonable to accept one thing than another, or that it is more reasonable on one assumption rather than another when we seek truth. The conflict between knowledge and belief , exemplified in the case of belief in the words of a politician in the face of knowledge of the economic facts, is accounted for because we are divided into separate systems .