Philosophy / Unit 2 Philosophy 0079 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Reliabilism
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The idea
Reliabilism: a belief is justified when produced by a process that reliably yields truth—vision in daylight, sound arithmetic, calibrated instruments.
In practice
A thermometer-like mind: what matters is the track record of the mechanism, not the owner's ability to defend it.
Where people slip
The generality problem bites: which process? "Vision," "vision in fog," or "vision on Tuesdays" give different verdicts.
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