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Justification and reliability are central, interconnected normative concepts in epistemology, as evidenced by their joint role in defining knowledge [1], [2]. Theories of justification often depend on the reliability of belief-forming processes [3], [4], and debates frequently center on whether justification requires explicit evidence of a source's reliability [5], [6], [7].
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Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 3 facts
claimTestimonial liberals who require evidence of reliability for knowledge or justification face an argument that they must also concede that lacking evidence of reliability results in a lack of knowledge or justification.
claimLaurence BonJour (1980, 2003) argues that if one accepts that knowledge or justification is defeated by evidence of unreliability or contrary evidence, one must also accept that it is defeated by a lack of evidence regarding the reliability of the source.
claimTestimonial liberals who accept that a subject lacks justification or knowledge when they have evidence that a proposition is false or that a source is unreliable should also concede that the subject lacks knowledge or justification when they have no evidence that the source is reliable.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimThe compromise position posits that justification for attributing reliability to perceptual experiences consists of memories of past perceptual success.
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).
Naturalistic Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimInternalists hold that a belief is justified only if it is appropriately related to other mental states, whereas externalists hold that justification comes at least partly from external factors, such as the reliability of the process that generated the belief.
Naturalized epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimJaegwon Kim argues that modern epistemology is defined by the normative concepts of justification and reliability, and that removing these concepts eliminates the common sense meaning of knowledge.
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.
Naturalized Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimTraditional epistemologists debate whether knowledge and justification require conclusive reasons, strong reasons, or if they rely on factors like reliability, causal connectedness, explanatory power, or wide acceptance.