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Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Galen and Sextus Empiricus

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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

22760	Madmen are reliable reporters of what appears to them [Sext.Empiricus]
	Full Idea: The madman is a trustworthy criterion of the appearances which occur in madness.
	From: Sextus Empiricus (Against the Logicians (two books) [c.180], I.062)
	A reaction: It is hard to conceive of an genuinely insane person deliberately misreporting their hallucinations. They are, of course, the sole witness.