A new response to the new evil demon problem

Baysan, U. (2017) A new response to the new evil demon problem. Logos and Episteme, 8(1), pp. 41-45.

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Abstract

The New Evil Demon Problem is meant to show that reliabilism about epistemic justification is incompatible with the intuitive idea that the external-world beliefs of a subject who is the victim of a Cartesian demon could be epistemically justified. Here, I present a new argument that such beliefs can be justified on reliabilism. Whereas others have argued for this conclusion by making some alterations in the formulation of reliabilism, I argue that, as far as the said problem is concerned, such alterations are redundant. No reliabilist should fear the demon.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Baysan, Dr Emin
Authors: Baysan, U.
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy
Journal Name:Logos and Episteme
Publisher:Institute for Economic and Social Research of The Romanian Academy.
ISSN:2069-0533
ISSN (Online):2069-3052
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2017 Logos & Episteme
First Published:First published in Logos and Episteme 8(1):41-45
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher
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