This work is concerned with the role of intuitions in the justification of philosophical theory. The author begins by demonstrating how contemporary philosophers, whether engaged in case-driven analysis or seeking reflective equilibrium, rely on intuitions as evidence for their theories. The author then provides an account of the nature of philosophical intuitions and distinguishes them from other psychological states. Finally, the author defends the use of intuitions as evidence by demonstrating that arguments for skepticism about their evidential value are either self-defeating or guilty of arbitrary and unjustified partiality towards non-inductive modes of knowledge.
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Joel Pust is at the University of Delaware.
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My aim in this first chapter is to demonstrate that much contemporary philosophical theorizing proceeds as though intuitions of various kinds constitute evidence for and against the truth of a philosophical theory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
particular case intuitions, explanationist argument, explanationist epistemology, particularist intuitionism, naive comprehension axiom, evidential appeal, treating intuitions, purely intellectual experience, reliabilist criterion, epistemic propositions, intellectual seemings, considered moral judgements, evidential worth, epistemic circularity, evidential source, explanatory requirement, strong supervenience, undue partiality, genuine intuition, evidential role, calibration requirement, semantic intuitions, explanatory relevance, philosophical intuitions, wide reflective equilibrium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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My aim in this first chapter is to demonstrate that much contemporary philosophical theorizing proceeds as though intuitions of various kinds constitute evidence for and against the truth of a philosophical theory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
particular case intuitions, explanationist argument, explanationist epistemology, particularist intuitionism, naive comprehension axiom, evidential appeal, treating intuitions, purely intellectual experience, reliabilist criterion, epistemic propositions, intellectual seemings, considered moral judgements, evidential worth, epistemic circularity, evidential source, explanatory requirement, strong supervenience, undue partiality, genuine intuition, evidential role, calibration requirement, semantic intuitions, explanatory relevance, philosophical intuitions, wide reflective equilibrium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alvin Goldman, Gilbert Harman, John Pollock, Rationale Constraint, Stephen Stich New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A Theory of Justice by John Rawls on 5 pages
- Language, Truth and Logic by Alfred J. Ayer on page 95, and Back Matter
- Logical Investigations, 2 Volume-Set by Edmund Husserl on page 57, and Back Matter
- Morality, Reason and Truth by David Copp in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Epistemology and Cognition by Alvin I. Goldman on page 72, and Back Matter
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- Pathways to Knowledge: Private and Public by Alvin I. Goldman on page 90, and Back Matter
- Pathways to Knowledge: Private and Public by Alvin I. Goldman on page 91, and Back Matter
- Epistemology Futures by Stephen Hetherington on page 46
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