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

19724	Belief is knowledge if it is true, certain, and obtained by a reliable process [Ramsey]
	Full Idea: I have always said that a belief was knowledge if it was (i) true, (ii) certain, (iii) obtained by a reliable process.
	From: Frank P. Ramsey (Knowledge [1929]), quoted by Juan Comesaña - Reliabilism 2
	A reaction: Remarkable to be addressing the Gettier problem at that date, but Russell had flirted with the problem. Ramsey says the production of the belief must be reliable, rather than the justification for the belief. Note that he wants certainty.