Acquaintance and the Formation of Negative Phenomenal Belief

This paper argues that Gertler’s (2012) account of acquaintance is inadequate because it cannot perform the explanatory role that it’s supposed to perform. My argument builds from two central claims. First, I argue that our judgments about phenomenal absences have the special features that acquainta...

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Main Author:	Galvani, Eve Antoinette
Other Authors:	Philosophy
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Published:	Virginia Tech 2016
Subjects:	acquaintance phenomenal absences introspection privileged access beliefs
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73666

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spelling	ndltd-VTETD-oai-vtechworks.lib.vt.edu-10919-736662020-09-29T05:45:38Z Acquaintance and the Formation of Negative Phenomenal Belief Galvani, Eve Antoinette Philosophy Trogdon, Kelly Griffith McPherson, Tristram Klagge, James C. acquaintance phenomenal absences introspection privileged access beliefs This paper argues that Gertler’s (2012) account of acquaintance is inadequate because it cannot perform the explanatory role that it’s supposed to perform. My argument builds from two central claims. First, I argue that our judgments about phenomenal absences have the special features that acquaintance is supposed to explain. Second, I argue that Gertler’s take on acquaintance does not allow us to be acquainted with phenomenal absences. This suggests a general methodological lesson: when developing an account of the epistemology of acquaintance, we should make sure that we are capturing all of the relevant sorts of cases. Master of Arts 2016-12-12T19:11:27Z 2016-12-12T19:11:27Z 2016-06-27 Thesis vt_gsexam:7883 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73666 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ETD application/pdf Virginia Tech
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spellingShingle	acquaintance phenomenal absences introspection privileged access beliefs Galvani, Eve Antoinette Acquaintance and the Formation of Negative Phenomenal Belief
description	This paper argues that Gertler’s (2012) account of acquaintance is inadequate because it cannot perform the explanatory role that it’s supposed to perform. My argument builds from two central claims. First, I argue that our judgments about phenomenal absences have the special features that acquaintance is supposed to explain. Second, I argue that Gertler’s take on acquaintance does not allow us to be acquainted with phenomenal absences. This suggests a general methodological lesson: when developing an account of the epistemology of acquaintance, we should make sure that we are capturing all of the relevant sorts of cases. === Master of Arts
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title	Acquaintance and the Formation of Negative Phenomenal Belief
title_short	Acquaintance and the Formation of Negative Phenomenal Belief
title_full	Acquaintance and the Formation of Negative Phenomenal Belief
title_fullStr	Acquaintance and the Formation of Negative Phenomenal Belief
title_full_unstemmed	Acquaintance and the Formation of Negative Phenomenal Belief
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Acquaintance and the Formation of Negative Phenomenal Belief

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