Reliabilism asserts that a brain-in-a-vat subject is not justified in believing they have hands because their beliefs originate from cognitive processes that are unreliable in their current environment, meaning the subject is deceived about both their external situation and the justificational status of their beliefs.

Authors

• Person: Matthias Steup, Ram Neta Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Matthias Steup, Ram Neta · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• Brain-in-a-vat argument concept
• Reliabilism concept