Against transglobal reliabilism

David Henderson and Terry Horgan argue that doxastic epistemic justification requires the transglobal reliability of the belief-forming process. Transglobal reliability is reliability across a wide range of experientially possible global environments. Focusing on perception, I argue that justificati...

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Published in:Philosophical studies 2014-07, Vol.169 (3), p.525-535
Main Author: Graham, Peter J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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BOOK SYMPOSIUM ON DAVID HENDERSON AND TERENCE HORGAN'S "THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SPECTRUM"
Education
Epistemology
Ethics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Mind
Reliability
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Summary:David Henderson and Terry Horgan argue that doxastic epistemic justification requires the transglobal reliability of the belief-forming process. Transglobal reliability is reliability across a wide range of experientially possible global environments. Focusing on perception, I argue that justification does not require transglobal reliability, for perception is non-accidentally reliable and confers justification but not always transglobally reliable. Transglobal reliability is an epistemically desirable property of belief-forming processes, but not necessary for justification.
ISSN:0031-8116
1573-0883
DOI:10.1007/s11098-013-0241-4