In this seminar, i will be talking about Thagard's theory of coherence and its formalisation, and illustrate its use in introducing more autonomy in agent reasoning. The term coherence is defined as the quality or the state of cohering, especially a logical, orderly, and aesthetically consistent relationship of parts. Cognitive coherence in particular is the coherence theory based explanation of the  mind which evaluates the truth of a cognition in terms of it being a member of some suitably defined body of other cognitions: a body that is consistent, coherent, and possibly endowed with other virtues, provided these are not defined in terms of truth. Thus a coherent set is interdependent such that every element in it contributes to the coherence. I take Thagard's proposal of coherence as maximising satisfaction of constraints between elements and apply the theory to normative multiagent systems. In particular, i discuss, how an agent can deliberate on norm evaluation while also considering other factors such as sanctions and rewards.