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Single Idea 6356
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge
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Full Idea
A modified version of reliabilism proposes that a belief is justified in case it is the product of a process that is working according to its 'proper function' in the environment for which it is appropriate.
Gist of Idea
Maybe a reliable justification must come from a process working with its 'proper function'
Source
report of Alvin Plantinga (Warrant and Proper Function [1993]) by J Pollock / J Cruz - Contemporary theories of Knowledge (2nd) §1.5.4
Book Ref
Pollock,J.L./Cruz,J: 'Contemporary Theories of Knowledge (2nd)' [Rowman and Littlefield 1999], p.26
A Reaction
Something might infallibly indicate something without that being its proper function (e.g. 'Red sky at night/ Shepherds' delight'). An inaccurate clock is fulfilling its proper function (telling the time), but not very well.
The
14 ideas
with the same theme
[reliability that is needed for secure knowledge]:
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303
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Say how many teeth the other has, then count them. If you are right, we will trust your other claims
[Plato]
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22760
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Madmen are reliable reporters of what appears to them
[Sext.Empiricus]
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22325
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A belief is knowledge if it is true, certain and obtained by a reliable process
[Ramsey]
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19724
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Belief is knowledge if it is true, certain, and obtained by a reliable process
[Ramsey]
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6356
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Maybe a reliable justification must come from a process working with its 'proper function'
[Plantinga, by Pollock/Cruz]
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6875
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Reliability involves truth, and truth is external
[Goldman]
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8829
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Justification depends on the reliability of its cause, where reliable processes tend to produce truth
[Goldman]
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8810
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If someone rejects good criticism through arrogance, that is irrelevant to whether they have knowledge
[Feldman/Conee]
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8889
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Reliabilists disagree over whether some further requirement is needed to produce knowledge
[Bonjour]
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3573
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Externalist reliability refers to a range of conventional conditions
[Williams,M]
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2740
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A reliability theory of knowledge seems to involve truth as correspondence
[Audi,R]
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9165
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Reliability only makes a rule reasonable if we place a value on the truth produced by reliable processes
[Field,H]
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10343
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Process reliabilism has been called 'virtue epistemology', resting on perception, memory, reason
[Kusch]
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19727
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Reliabilist knowledge is evidence based belief, with high conditional probability
[Comesaņa]
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