A Partial Defence of Descriptive Evidentialism About Intuitions: A Reply to Molyneux

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Abstract

Bernard Molyneux presents some new arguments against descriptive evidentialism about intuitions. Descriptive evidentialism is the thesis that philosophers use intuitions as evidence. Molyneux's arguments are that: (1) the propositions that intuition putatively supports are treated as having a degree and kind of certainty and justification that they could not have got from being intuited; (2) intuitions influence us in ways we cannot explain by supposing we treat them as evidence; and (3) certain strong intuitions that persuade us of their contents are treated as inadmissible in the context of justification. This article presents a partial defence of descriptive evidentialism against these new arguments.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)183-195
Number of pages13
JournalMetaphilosophy
Volume48
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jan 2017

Keywords

  • Intuitions
  • Metaphilosophy
  • Philosophical methodology
  • Evidence
  • Descriptive evidentialism
  • Epistemology of philosophy
  • Defence of intuitions

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