Reliabilism and its Rivals
Will be published approx. on 28. February 2026
Book
Hardback
75 pages
978-1-009-64545-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
291 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-64545-4 (9781009645454)
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Bob Beddor
Reliabilism and its Rivals
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approx. 02/2026
Cambridge University Press
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Content
Introduction: what this element is about; 1. Reliabilism, a primer; 2. The appeal of reliabilism; 3. Headaches for reliabilists; 4. Evidence to the rescue?; 5. Toward a more promising reliabilist epistemology; Conclusion; References.