A Study Of The Problem Of Goldman Process Reliabilism And Its Solution

Since process reliabilism birth,it has always been an important theoretical theory used to discuss the essence and value of knowledge in the field of epistemology,and has important theoretical significance in the field of epistemology.While process reliabilism has been widely praised,it has also received a lot of criticism.Goldman classifies similar criticisms and summarizes five problems that process reliabilism faces,which are evil-demon counterexample,clairvoyance case,generality problem,easy knowledge problem and value problem.The evil-demon counterexample the necessity of reliable process for knowledge justification.the case of clarvoyance questions the adequacy of reliable process for knowledge justification,and the generality problem also questions the nature of reliable process.The easy knowledge problem states that if we reason without knowing whether the source of the process is reliable,the way we acquire knowledge is too simple.The value problem holds that the value of a reliable process comes from the value of the true belief,and when we acquire the true belief,the value of the reliability of the process will be submerged by the value of the true belief.As the founder and promoter of Process reliabilism,Alvin Goldman has been working to solve these problems.For justification problem of reliable processes,He proposed the concept of "normal world" to limit the field of belief evaluation.Later,he proposed the double justification theory of strong and weak,Create more evaluation dimensions for knowledge justification.Influenced by Sosa idea of virtue,He also put forward the view of virtue justification.The evaluation model of virtue and vice is distinguished.Addressing value problem,Goldman put forward The conditional probability solution and value autonomization.Finally,he argues that the problem of easy knowledge is not unique to process reliabilism,So the response to this question is not limited to process reliabilism.With the virtue turn of contemporary epistemology,process reliabilism has also achieved new development in the field of virtue epistemology.Sosa and Greco,both in the virtue reliabilism camp,also responded to these questions,Their emphasis on intellectual virtue,cognitive perspective and subjective justification.It is not only different from the confirmation view of process reliability externalism,but also more conducive to solving the problem of knowledge justification and value.The work of this paper is based on reliabilism and focuses on the solution of process reliabilism to these problems.This paper focuses on the solution of process reliabilism.and on this basis,A longitudinal study of the responses of Sosa and Greco to these questions,Try to tease out solutions to these problems from within reliabilism.