20.500.12556/DKUM-95693 Coherence as a constraint on scientific inquiry We investigate the epistemic role of coherence in scientific reasoning, focusing on its use as a heuristic for filtering evidence. Using a novel computational model based on Bayesian networks, we simulate agents who update their beliefs under varying levels of noise and bias. Some agents treat reductions in coherence as higher-order evidence and interpret such drops as signals that something has gone epistemically awry, even when the source of error is unclear. Our results show that this strategy can improve belief accuracy in noisy environments but tends to mis lead when evidence is systematically biased. We explore the implications for the rationality of coherence-based reasoning in science. coherence higher-order evidence belief updating Bayesian networks scientific reasoning koherenca dokazila višjega reda posodabljanje prepričanj Bayesovska omrežja znanstveno sklepanje true false true Springer Nature Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-10-10 03:18:57 2026-03-04 16:14:46 2026-03-05 03:13:28 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 1-28 št. 4, št. članka 200 Letn. 206 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 2025-09-17 2025-10-07 165 252444675 10.1007/s11229-025-05281-3 0039-7857 RAZ_Trpin_Borut_2025.pdf RAZ_Trpin_Borut_2025.pdf 1 C1A1755544820A0F22B005AD9C74A4BA 954b0f2743cddf7102eaf4985cebd0c6578122a6082c59418f277af928f0f5d7 7e8185dd-17dd-11f1-aa76-00155d580e1a https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=204257 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05281-3 0 8697278e-17dd-11f1-aa76-00155d580e1a https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=204258 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0