Reliabilism and Its Rivals

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.

Author: Bob Beddor
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/05/2026
Series: Elements in Epistemology
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d
ISBN: 9781009645492