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    It is not the case that Knowledge should not be expected to require reliability

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    • 1.If knowledge is an achievement, then knowledge should behave like other achievements
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    • 2.No other achievement requires reliability
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    • 1.Gettier cases show that reliably-produced true belief still fails to constitute knowledge, undermining reliability as a necessary condition.
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    • 2.If reliability cannot survive Gettier-style counterexamples, it is not a genuine requirement of knowledge but merely a contingent correlate.
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.Wittgenstein's hinge propositions in 'On Certainty' function as knowledge without any reliability-grounding mechanism being applicable.
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    • 2.Knowledge of basic framework propositions is presupposed by reliability assessments themselves, making reliability explanatorily circular as a requirement.
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