According to reliabilism, whether a belief is justified is a matter of whether it was reliably formed. Reliabilism is one of the leading theories of justification, and it holds important explanatory advantages: it sheds light on the connection between justification and truth, and it offers to situate justification within a naturalistic worldview. However, reliabilism faces well-known problems.
One promising strategy for overcoming these problems is to modify reliabilism, combining it with elements of views that have been traditionally regarded as rivals, such as evidentialism. This Element offers an opinionated survey of the prospects for reliabilist epistemology, paying particular attention to recent reliabilist-evidentialist hybrid views.
| ISBN: | 9781009645454 |
| Publication date: | 5th February 2026 |
| Author: | Bob Beddor |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 75 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Elements. Elements in Epistemology |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Knowledge / Information / Data economics Knowledge management Information theory |
According to reliabilism, whether a belief is justified is a matter of whether it was reliably formed. Reliabilism is one of the leading theories of justification, and it holds important explanatory advantages: it sheds light on the connection between justification and truth, and it offers to situate justification within a naturalistic worldview.
Reliabilism and Its Rivals features in the following genres: Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Knowledge / Information / Data economics, Knowledge management, Information theory
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Reliabilism and Its Rivals was written by Bob Beddor and published by Cambridge University Press
Reliabilism and Its Rivals has 75 pages
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