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The concepts are related because Tyler Burge's argument regarding the reliability of testimony is framed by comparing the treatment of testifiers' faculties to the way non-skeptics address skeptical scenarios like the brain-in-a-vat [1].
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claimTyler Burge argues that we may ignore possible worlds where testifiers' truth-seeking faculties are not functioning properly because they are not relevant alternatives, similar to how non-skeptics ignore brain-in-a-vat scenarios.