Quine1 argues that our understanding of truth is like a web of beliefs: each of us carries around in our heads an interconnected system of all that we believe. Tied together more or less coherently in this web are all of the beliefs we hold as true. These include the basic beliefs (such as “I exist” and “life is worthwhile”) and the more trivial ones (such as “I hope we won’t have liver again”). No belief exists in isolation; each belief is connected with all others in one big network. Where did this