Not So Phenomenal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10694554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Hawthorne (0000-0002-6340-0242, Australian Catholic University and University of Southern California), Maria Lasonen‐aarnio (0000-0002-7215-5824, University of Southern California), Maria Lasonen-Aarnio (0009-0005-7064-0315, University of Southern California) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-43 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00318108-8699669 |
| OpenAlex | W3137622301 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The main aims in this article are to discuss and criticize the core thesis of a position that has become known as phenomenal conservatism. According to this thesis, its seeming to one that p provides enough justification for a belief in p to be prima facie justified (a thesis the article labels Standard Phenomenal Conservatism). This thesis captures the special kind of epistemic import that seemings are claimed to have. To get clearer on this thesis, the article embeds it, first, in a probabilistic framework in which updating on new evidence happens by Bayesian conditionalization, and second, a framework in which updating happens by Jeffrey conditionalization. The article spells out problems for both views, and then generalizes some of these to nonprobabilistic frameworks. The main theme of the discussion is that the epistemic import of a seeming (or experience) should depend on its content in a plethora of ways that phenomenal conservatism is insensitive to
Conservatism · Core (optical fiber) · Epistemology · Political science · Prima facie · Theme (computing) · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |