Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 86 (1):1-40 (2013)
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The New Evil Demon Problem is supposed to show that straightforward versions of reliabilism are false: reliability is not necessary for justification after all. I argue that it does no such thing. The reliabilist can count a number of beliefs as justified even in demon worlds, others as unjustified but having positive epistemic status nonetheless. The remaining beliefs---primarily perceptual beliefs---are not, on further reflection, intuitively justified after all. The reliabilist is right to count these beliefs as unjustified in demon worlds, and it is a challenge for the internalist to be able to do so as well.
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Keywords | epistemology reliabilism perceptual justification experiential evidence externalism |
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ISBN(s) | 0031-8205 |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2012.00614.x |
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