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Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2019 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 3 facts
accountThe 'Tim and Tim*' thought experiment compares a normal person (Tim) with a brain-in-a-vat (Tim*) who has identical mental states but is radically deceived about their external situation.
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 Dec 14, 2005 3 facts
accountThe 'brain in a vat' thought experiment compares two scenarios: Tim, who lives in a normal situation, and Tim*, a brain in a vat whose nerve endings are connected to a computer that simulates normal experiences, resulting in identical mental states for both individuals despite their different external realities.
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.
claimAn argument for internalism based on the brain-in-the-vat scenario posits that because a subject (Tim*) is internally the same as a subject (Tim) but externally different, and their beliefs are justified in the same way, internal factors must be what justify beliefs.
The CIA's Epstein problem - UnHerd unherd.com Sep 10, 2025 1 fact
claimTime reported in the early 2000s that corporate executives sometimes ask their intelligence handlers for insider information to gain a competitive edge.
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimRichard Corliss wrote an article titled 'Autopsy or Fraud-topsy?' published in Time magazine on November 27, 1995.
U.S.-China Relations cfr.org 1 fact
claimThe Chinese government demanded that the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, TIME, and Voice of America share information with the Chinese government about their operations in China.
Rethinking Espionage in the Modern Era cjil.uchicago.edu 1 fact
perspectiveIan Bremmer discussed the costs of 'forced transparency' in relation to WikiLeaks in Time magazine on March 16, 2017.
The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ... pages.gseis.ucla.edu 1 fact
claimMajor U.S. news magazines, including Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News and World Report, failed to report on or dismissed Iraqi negotiation efforts during the first weeks of the Persian Gulf crisis.