Reliabilism, veritism, and epistemic consequentialism

Alvin Goldman

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Abstract

According to Selim Berker the prevalence of consequentialism in contemporary epistemology rivals its prevalence in contemporary ethics. Similarly, and more to the point, Berker finds epistemic consequentialism, epitomized by process reliabilism, to be as misguided and problematic as ethical consequentialism. This paper shows how Berker misconstrues process reliabilism and fails to pinpoint any new or substantial defects in it.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)131-143
Number of pages13
JournalEpisteme
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 16 2015

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Consequentialism
Reliabilism
Epistemology
Rivals
Defects

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Goldman, Alvin. / Reliabilism, veritism, and epistemic consequentialism. In: Episteme. 2015 ; Vol. 12, No. 2. pp. 131-143.
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

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