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[from 'Knowledge by Agreement' by Martin Kusch, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge ]

Full Idea

Process reliabilism is sometimes subsumed under the label 'virtue epistemology', so that processes are 'epistemically virtuous' if they lead mostly to true beliefs. The 'intellectual virtues' here are perception, memory or reasoning.

Gist of Idea

Process reliabilism has been called 'virtue epistemology', resting on perception, memory, reason

Source

Martin Kusch (Knowledge by Agreement [2002], Ch. 9)

Book Reference

Kusch,Martin: 'Knowledge by Agreement' [OUP 2004], p.107


A Reaction

I am shocked that 'intellectual virtue' should be hijacked by reliabilists, suggesting that it even applies to a good clock. I like the Aristotelian idea that sound knowledge rests on qualities of character in the knower - including social qualities.