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Belief and reliability are linked in epistemology as core components of knowledge, where the reliability of a belief-forming process is evaluated to determine the justification of a belief {fact:2, fact:3}. Epistemological debates specifically examine whether a subject must hold beliefs about the reliability of a source to be justified in their own belief {fact:1, fact:4}.
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Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimReliability coherentism posits that for a subject to be justified in believing a hypothesis (H), the subject need not believe anything about the reliability of the belief's origin, but must have justification for believing that the belief's origin is reliable, specifically by having justification for propositions (1) and (3).
Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
claimEpistemology is defined as the study of knowledge and related phenomena, including attitudes like belief and trust, attributes like justification and reliability, and intellectual traits such as humility or arrogance.
Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
perspectiveEpistemologists debate whether a recipient of testimony must possess beliefs or inductive support regarding the reliability of the testifier to be justified in their belief, or if the testifier's actual reliability is sufficient.
Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimThe reliability of a belief-forming process depends on its long-term performance, even though the formation of an individual belief is a one-time event.