The epistemic significance of experience

• Autores: Alex Byrne
• Localización: Philosophical Studies, ISSN-e 1573-0883, Vol. 173, Nº. 4, 2016, págs. 947-967
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • According to orthodoxy, perceptual beliefs are caused by perceptual experiences. The paper argues that this view makes it impossible to explain how experiences can be epistemically significant. A rival account, on which experiences in the “good case” are ways of knowing, is set out and defended.