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Epistemic Internalism and Externalism
“Must justification be accessible to you, or can a reliable process be enough?”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
Internalism ties justification to factors accessible from the subject's perspective. Externalism lets reliable relations to the world count even when the subject cannot fully explain them.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
Someone recognizes faces very reliably but cannot describe how; the case divides intuitions about access and success.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
The dispute is not about introverted personalities or outside social influence.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
Distinguish being able to defend a belief from having formed it through a process that tends to get things right.