Process Reliabilism, Prime Numbers and the Generality Problem

This paper aims to show that Selim Berker’s widely discussed prime number case is merely an instance of the well-known generality problem for process reliabilism and thus arguably not as interesting a case as one might have thought. Initially, Berker’s case is introduced and interpreted. Then the most recent response to the case from the literature is presented. Eventually, it is argued that Berker’s case is nothing but a straightforward consequence of the generality problem, i.e., the problematic aspect of the case for process reliabilism (if any) is already captured by the generality problem

UDVIKLING OG UDVIKLINGSSKEPTICISME

This paper provides a brief survey over a few themes which has been prevalent in the idea of progress. The aim is to state these ideas and to indicate how scepticism towards these ideas might be part of what lies behind today's common scepticism towards the idea of progress. Most important among these is the idea that there are no universal standards, either pertaining totruthor to moral rightness, in accordance to which something can be said to be progress. Hence there can be no progress in these respects. All there can be is change. Different versions of scepticism concerning the existence of suitable standrads for progress are distinguished.Artiklen gennemgår en række af de temaer; der har været vigtige i forbindelse med udviklingstanken. Formålet med dette er at klargøre, hvad disse ideer går på, og vise, at de kan give anledning til generel skepticisme overfor udviklingstanken. Et helt centralt element i udviklingstanken er den forestilling, at der findes standarder i forhold til hvilke noget kan være en udvikling, til forskel fra blot en forandring. Den mest dybtgående form for udviklingsskepticisme grunder sig i en skepsis overfor; om det faktisk er meningsfuldt at tale om disse standarder. Forskellige versioner af denne baggrund for udviklingsskepticisme udsondres i artiklen