at the interface of cognitive science and conceptual analysis /
David Henderson and Terence Horgan.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
x, 292 p. ;
24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-287) and index.
An overview -- Grades of a priori justification -- Neoclassical reliabilism -- Transglobal reliabilism -- Defending transglobal reliabilism -- Epistemic competence and the call to naturalize epistemology -- An expanded conception of epistemically relevant cognitive processes: the role of morphological content -- Iceberg epistemology: vindicating and transforming some traditional accounts of justification.
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"David Henderson and Terence Horgan set out a broad new approach to epistemology, which they see as a mixed discipline, having both a priori and empirical elements. They defend the roles of a priori reflection and conceptual analysis in philosophy, but their revisionary account of these philosophical methods allows them a subtle but essential empirical dimension. They espouse a dual-perspective position which they call iceberg epistemology, respecting the important differences between epistemic processes that are consciously accessible and those that are not. Reflecting on epistemic justification, they introduce the notion of transglobal reliability as the mark of the cognitive processes that are suitable for humans. Which cognitive processes these are depends on contingent facts about human cognitive capacities, and these cannot be known a priori. Features: A broad new approach to epistemology, reconciles a priori and empirical elements of knowledge acquisition. proposes 'transglobal reliability' as the key to epistemic justification, relates philosophical discussions of conceptual analysis to recent work in cognitive science." --Publisher's website.
At the interface of cognitive science and conceptual analysis