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[from 'First Things First' by Earl Conee, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / b. Anti-reliabilism ]

Full Idea

An unrefined reliability theory does a poor job at capturing reflective judgements about hypothetical cases

Gist of Idea

Reliabilism is poor on reflective judgements about hypothetical cases

Source

Earl Conee (First Things First [2004], 'Stroud's')

Book Reference

Conee,E/Feldman,R: 'Evidentialism' [OUP 2004], p.34


A Reaction

Reliability can only be a test for tried and tested ways. No one can say whether imagining a range of possibilities is reliable or not. Is prediction a reliable route to knowledge?