Representations, judgments, and the swamping problem for reliabilism

why the problem applies to process reliabilism, but not to virtue reliabilism

Authors

  • Ernest Sosa Rutgers University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2021.v44dossier2.03.p19

Keywords:

Virtue Epistemology, Process Reliabilism, Swamping Problem, Value of Knowledge

Abstract

This article argues for a way out of the swamping problem by showing where his virtue epistemology substantially departs from traditional process reliabilism and how such departure is enough to protect the former from issues that affect the way the latter accounts for the value of knowledge over mere true belief.

Author Biography

  • Ernest Sosa, Rutgers University

    Departament of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Jersey – USA.

References

ZAGZEBSKI, Linda, Virtues of the Mind: An Inquiry into the Nature of Virtue and the Ethical Foundations of Knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Received: 21/8/2020 - Approved: 05/3/2021

Published

2021-06-02 — Updated on 2022-06-30

How to Cite

Representations, judgments, and the swamping problem for reliabilism: why the problem applies to process reliabilism, but not to virtue reliabilism. (2022). Trans/Form/Ação, 44(Special Issue 2), 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2021.v44dossier2.03.p19