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The concept of justification is linked to the entity Tim through philosophical thought experiments involving a subject named Tim (or Tim*) in scenarios like the brain-in-a-vat, which are used to evaluate internalist, evidentialist, and reliabilist theories of justification as described in [1], [2], and [3].
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Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2019 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimReliabilism suggests that a brain in a vat (Tim*) is incorrect in believing his beliefs are justified because his beliefs originate in cognitive processes that are unreliable in his current situation, as they yield virtually no true beliefs.
claimEvidentialism implies that a brain in a vat (Tim*) is correct in believing his beliefs are justified because he is not deceived about his evidence, which is defined as the way things appear to him in his experiences.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimAn argument for the internality of justification posits that because a subject (Tim*) who is internally the same as another subject (Tim) but externally different shares the same justificational status for their beliefs, internal factors must be what justify beliefs.