One may talk of a reliable car. “Reliable” here clearly means a car that has a high success rate of doing what it is supposed to (e.g. getting one where one wants to go in a reasonable time). One may also talk of a reliable source of information, that is, an authority. Can we understand reliability in a similar way here? Some people think that two concepts/notions of reliability are necessary. It seems to me that we can do with just one. An authority about something
Explicating reliability
Explicating reliability
Explicating reliability
One may talk of a reliable car. “Reliable” here clearly means a car that has a high success rate of doing what it is supposed to (e.g. getting one where one wants to go in a reasonable time). One may also talk of a reliable source of information, that is, an authority. Can we understand reliability in a similar way here? Some people think that two concepts/notions of reliability are necessary. It seems to me that we can do with just one. An authority about something