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Remembering requires no reliabilityPhilosophical Studies (1): 1-21. 2023.I argue against mnemic reliabilism, an influential view that successful remembering must be produced by a reliable memory process. Drawing on empirical evidence from psychology and neuroscience, I refute mnemic reliabilism by demonstrating that: (1) patients with memory impairments (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease) can also successfully remember the past despite the unreliability of their corresponding memory processes; (2) some reliability-affecting factors (e.g., stress, divided attention, and insuf…Read more
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Epistemology |
Epistemology of Memory |
Skepticism |
Theories of Memory |
Epistemological Theories |
Virtue Epistemology |
Epistemic Luck |