Reliability in Plantinga´s Account of Epistemic Warrant

In das paper 1 consider the reliability condition in Alvin Platinga’s proper functionalist account of epistemic warrant I begin by reviewing m some detail the features of the reliability condition as Platinga has articulated a From there, 1 consider what is needed to ground or secure the sort of rel...

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Main Author: John C. Wingard, Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2002-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/16956/15515
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description In das paper 1 consider the reliability condition in Alvin Platinga’s proper functionalist account of epistemic warrant I begin by reviewing m some detail the features of the reliability condition as Platinga has articulated a From there, 1 consider what is needed to ground or secure the sort of reliability which Plantinga has m mind, and argue that what is needed is a significant causal condition which has generally been overlooked Then, after identifying eight versions of the relevant sort of reliability, I exam me each alternative as to whether as requirement, along with Platinga’s other proposed conditions, would give us a satisfactory account of epistemic warrant I conclude that there is bale to no hope of formulating a reliability condition that would yield a satisfactory analysts of the sort Plantinga desires
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Reliability in Plantinga´s Account of Epistemic Warrant
Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
Epistemology
epistemic warrant
Platinga
reliability
title Reliability in Plantinga´s Account of Epistemic Warrant
title_full Reliability in Plantinga´s Account of Epistemic Warrant
title_fullStr Reliability in Plantinga´s Account of Epistemic Warrant
title_full_unstemmed Reliability in Plantinga´s Account of Epistemic Warrant
title_short Reliability in Plantinga´s Account of Epistemic Warrant
title_sort reliability in plantinga´s account of epistemic warrant
topic Epistemology
epistemic warrant
Platinga
reliability
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