The formulation of epistemological disjunctivism
I argue that we should question the orthodox way of thinking about epistemological disjunctivism. I suggest that we can formulate epistemological disjunctivism in terms of states of seeing things as opposed to states of seeing that p. Not only does this alternati ve formulation capture the core aspe...
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| description | I argue that we should question the orthodox way of thinking about epistemological disjunctivism. I suggest that we can formulate epistemological disjunctivism in terms of states of seeing things as opposed to states of seeing that p. Not only does this alternati ve formulation capture the core aspects of epistemological disjunctivism as standardly formulated, it has two salient advantages. First, it avoids a crucial problem that arises for a standard formulation of epistemological disjunctivism—the basis problem. And second, it is less committed than standard formulations are in the metaphysics of perception. |
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| spelling | nottingham-521602020-05-04T17:32:42Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52160/ The formulation of epistemological disjunctivism French, Craig I argue that we should question the orthodox way of thinking about epistemological disjunctivism. I suggest that we can formulate epistemological disjunctivism in terms of states of seeing things as opposed to states of seeing that p. Not only does this alternati ve formulation capture the core aspects of epistemological disjunctivism as standardly formulated, it has two salient advantages. First, it avoids a crucial problem that arises for a standard formulation of epistemological disjunctivism—the basis problem. And second, it is less committed than standard formulations are in the metaphysics of perception. Wiley 2016-01-11 Article PeerReviewed French, Craig (2016) The formulation of epistemological disjunctivism. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 92 (1). pp. 86-104. ISSN 1933-1592 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/phpr.12105 doi:10.1111/phpr.12105 doi:10.1111/phpr.12105 |
| spellingShingle | French, Craig The formulation of epistemological disjunctivism |
| title | The formulation of epistemological disjunctivism |
| title_full | The formulation of epistemological disjunctivism |
| title_fullStr | The formulation of epistemological disjunctivism |
| title_full_unstemmed | The formulation of epistemological disjunctivism |
| title_short | The formulation of epistemological disjunctivism |
| title_sort | formulation of epistemological disjunctivism |
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