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    A belief formed via a reliable probabilistic mechanism is... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Merely having a probability relation between noninferential evidence and an inferred proposition is not sufficient for inferential justification; one must also be aware of that probabilistic connection.

    A belief formed via a reliable probabilistic mechanism is justified even if the agent cannot articulate or access the probabilistic connection involved.

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    • 1.Justification requires reliable belief-formation, not conscious access to the mechanism producing it.
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    • 2.Humans reliably track probabilities in perception and prediction without conscious articulation of the process.
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    • 3.Requiring conscious access to justifying reasons sets an impossibly high standard most of our knowledge fails.
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    • 1.Justification inherently involves the agent's rational engagement with reasons—accessibility is constitutive.
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    • 2.Reliability alone doesn't ensure justified belief; a broken clock is reliable but doesn't justify time-beliefs.
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    • 3.Without articulable grounds, we cannot distinguish genuine justification from lucky accidents in belief-formation.
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