Example Of A Contextualist

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Contextualism can be combined with process reliabilism to determine whether a statement or proposition is reliable. For example, in the past when I take the bus to school, I often check the bus company official website to see when the next bus comes. The predictions were fairly accurate. Suppose, I need to be on campus around 4 pm, and I know that I need to catch the bus around 3:40 pm or earlier. So, I check the website, and I see that the nest bus will come at 3:35, which is the bus I want to catch. Based on my past experience, I am justified in believing that the bus will arrive at 3:35. But, a contextualist would give me two scenarios. The first scenario is that I have a regular class meeting at 4 pm. The second scenario is that I have

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