WorksheetsReliabilism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does reliabilism in its simplest form state about a belief?
A belief is justified if it is produced by a reliable psychological process.
A belief is justified if it is universally accepted.
A belief is justified if it is supported by empirical evidence.
A belief is justified if it is older than a century.
Which of the following is considered a reliable process according to reliabilism?
Flipping a coin
Following superstitions
Guesswork
Identifying objects by visual observation
What additional conditions are required for knowledge beyond justified belief in reliabilism?
The belief must be true and exclude all serious alternatives.
The belief must be proven scientifically.
The belief must be documented in historical texts.
The belief must be popular and widely accepted.
According to reliabilism, is knowledge of the reliability of a process necessary for a belief to be justified?
No, beliefs are never justified based on their process.
Yes, the agent must know the process is reliable.
No, the belief can be justified without the agent knowing its reliability.
Yes, but only in certain academic fields.
What does reliabilism aim to secure knowledge against?
Political influences
Threats of scepticism
Religious doctrines
Cultural biases
Which example is used in reliabilism to illustrate a process that does not yield knowledge?
Mathematical proof
Logical deduction
Scientific experimentation
Accurate visual identification that does not exclude the presence of a twin
What type of epistemology is reliabilism classified under?
Analytical epistemology
Rationalistic epistemology
Naturalistic epistemology
Empirical epistemology
Reliabilism is considered a species of which broader philosophical concept?
Externalism
Internalism
Dualism
Pragmatism
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a justified belief under reliabilism?
It must be produced by guesswork.
It may itself be false.
It is produced by a reliable process.
It typically yields truths.
What does reliabilism substitute for the excessive requirements proposed by sceptics?
Religious faith
Stricter empirical evidence
Philosophical doubt
More moderate conditions
