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Epistemic Reliability: The Münchhausen Trilemma

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What is the Münchhausen Trilemma?

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A logical argument that attempts to demonstrate the impossibility of epistemic reliability.
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The Münchhausen Trilemma is a logical argument that attempts to demonstrate the impossibility of epistemic reliability. It is named after the German philosopher Hans Albert von Münchhausen, who first proposed it in the 1970s.

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