On the Underpinning Mechanisms of (Epistemically) Reliable Processes

Abstract The paper aims to evaluate the success of two different philosophical interpretations of prediction error minimisation theory in dissolving a notorious problem of philosophy, i.e., the New Evil Demon Problem ( ned ). In this paper, I argue that the inferentialist interpretation could not di...

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Main Author: Beni, Majid Davoody (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-52
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cartesianism / Cognition theory
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B predictive coding
B New Evil Demon Problem
B Reliabilism
B Representationalism
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Summary:Abstract The paper aims to evaluate the success of two different philosophical interpretations of prediction error minimisation theory in dissolving a notorious problem of philosophy, i.e., the New Evil Demon Problem ( ned ). In this paper, I argue that the inferentialist interpretation could not dissolve the strong form of ned . Alternatively, the embodied construaldissolves ned . However, in doing so, i.e., in dispensing with the cognitive judgment, the embodied construal might also eliminate some basic concepts of epistemology.
ISSN:2210-5700
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for the study of skepticism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22105700-20191372