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1 Epistemic safety without neoclassical reliability: the new evil demon problem 1 Epistemic safety without neoclassical reliability: the new evil demon problem
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2 Neoclassical reliability without epistemic safety: Ashley the ‘Valley girl’ 2 Neoclassical reliability without epistemic safety: Ashley the ‘Valley girl’
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3 Analogues of the Athena/Fortuna contrast 3 Analogues of the Athena/Fortuna contrast
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3.1 A ‘Truman Show’ scenario: Harry and Ike 3.1 A ‘Truman Show’ scenario: Harry and Ike
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3.2 Two envatted brains: Constance and Sextus Pessimisicus 3.2 Two envatted brains: Constance and Sextus Pessimisicus
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4 Experiential safety versus de facto safety 4 Experiential safety versus de facto safety
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5 Transglobal reliabilism characterized 5 Transglobal reliabilism characterized
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6 Transglobal reliabilism elaborated 6 Transglobal reliabilism elaborated
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6.1 Experientially possible global environments 6.1 Experientially possible global environments
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6.2 Transglobal reliability 6.2 Transglobal reliability
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6.3 Modulational control 6.3 Modulational control
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6.3.1 Suitability 6.3.1 Suitability
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6.3.2 Two kinds of modulational enhancement 6.3.2 Two kinds of modulational enhancement
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6.3.3 Modulational refinement 6.3.3 Modulational refinement
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6.4 De facto safety as a constitutive desideratum for justification 6.4 De facto safety as a constitutive desideratum for justification
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7 Applying the central idea to the cases 7 Applying the central idea to the cases
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8 Knowledge 8 Knowledge
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9 Summary: replacing neoclassical reliabilism by transglobal reliabilism 9 Summary: replacing neoclassical reliabilism by transglobal reliabilism
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Abstract
The neoclassical reliabilism of chapter three is found to be flawed. Its inadequacy is strongly suggested by variants of the so-called “new evil demon problem.” Discussion of such scenarios, and the general association of epistemic safety with robustness of reliability, leads to a position that better captures the concern for epistemic safety associated with objective epistemic justification: transglobal reliabilism. Transglobal reliability is reliability relative to the wide reference class made up of experientially relevant possible global environments. Further scenarios reinforce the idea that modulational control remains important. The resulting position is termed transglobal reliabilism. On this account, for an agent to be objectively justified in holding a belief, that belief must arise or be maintained by way of processes that are transglobally reliable under suitable modulational control. The main outlines of transglobal reliabilism are developed here and supported by reflection on a number of scenarios.
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