epistemic circularity

"Epistemic circularity" is a concept in epistemology that deals with the self-referential nature of certain justifications or arguments.

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Definition

(academic, technical)A situation where the justification for the reliability of a belief source relies on that same source.

Arguing that perception is reliable because we perceive it to be so is an example of epistemic circularity.

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