reliabilist

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adjective

Of or pertaining to reliabilism

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adjectivereliabilist (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesOf or pertaining to reliabilism
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    However, reliabilist accounts of a priori knowledge are paradigmatically naturalistic, and although they are psychologistic in the sense that they locate warrant within the psychological processes and methods that generate belief, if correct, they cannot be faulted for failing to establish the objectivity of their target beliefs: a belief is apriori-justified on a reliabilist account of justification just in case it is solely the result of a process that is, in fact, reliable and is indifferent to the particulars of experiential input.

    2008 January 30, Lisa Warenski, “Naturalism, fallibilism, and the a priori”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 3, →DOI
nounreliabilist (plural reliabilists)

plural reliabilists

  1. human sciencesA person who supports the doctrine of reliabilism

    To be sure, most reliabilists don’t want to be too ambitious in what they include in their foundations.

    2008 November 22, Richard Fumerton, “Luminous enough for a cognitive home”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 1, →DOI

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