A novel Process Reliabilist response to the Swamping Problem

Sanford Goldberg*

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Abstract

This paper aims to provide a novel response on behalf of Process Reliabilism to the Swamping Problem. Unlike previous responses, the present response does not involve conditional probabilities (as Goldman and Olsson do), it does not appeal to permissivism or attitudes towards epistemic risk (as Pettigrew does), it will not depend on the generality of the problem (as Carter and Jarvis do) and it does not embrace either evidentialism or evidence monism (as Bjelde does). Instead it appeals to the modal properties of those beliefs formed through reliable process-types. What is more, the argument is generalizable: while I will frame my conclusion in Process Reliabilist terms, it should be of interest to anyone who is a truth monist regarding epistemic value.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberanac062
Pages (from-to)465-473
Number of pages9
JournalAnalysis
Volume83
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jul 2023

Keywords

  • Modal epistemology
  • Process reliabilism
  • Swamping problem
  • Truth monism
  • Value problem

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