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    Challenges→The coherence theory of truth entails some form of idealism

    A coherentist account of truth-conditions is compatible with a realist ontology if the coherent system is constrained by mind-independent causal inputs.

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    • 1.Causal constraints on coherent systems provide empirical anchoring that prevents radical underdetermination and solipsistic outcomes.
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    • 2.Mind-independent inputs can causally shape belief systems without requiring direct access to reality itself, preserving both realism and coherence.
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    • 3.Systems constrained by external causal forces demonstrate tracking of world-states, making truth correspond to stable coherent patterns.
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    • 1.Causal inputs are themselves only knowable through coherent beliefs, creating circularity in grounding realism via causal constraints.
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    • 2.Multiple incompatible coherent systems could equally fit the same causal inputs, undermining claims that coherence captures mind-independent reality.
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    • 3.The constraint does not establish *correspondence* to how things actually are, only reliable causal responsiveness, leaving coherentism fundamentally non-realist.
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