Reliabilist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A 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."
- 1 Of or pertaining to reliabilism not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From reliable + -ist.
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