Appearances, rationality, and justified belief. Jackson, A. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 82(3):564–593, 2011.
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One might think that its seeming to you that p makes you justified in believing thatp. After all, when you have no defeating beliefs, it would be irrational to have itseem to you that p but not believe it. That view is plausible for perceptual justi-fication, problematic in the case of memory, and clearly wrong for inferentialjustification. I propose a view of rationality and justified belief that deals happilywith inference and memory. Appearances are to be evaluated as ‘sound' or‘unsound.' Only a sound appearance can give rise to a justified belief, yet even anunsound appearance can ‘rationally require' the subject to form the belief. Some ofour intuitions mistake that rational requirement for the belief's being justified. Theresulting picture makes it plausible that there are also unsound perceptual appear-ances. I suggest that to have a sound perceptually basic appearance that p, one mustsee that p.
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abstract = {One might think that its seeming to you that p makes you justified in believing thatp. After all, when you have no defeating beliefs, it would be irrational to have itseem to you that p but not believe it. That view is plausible for perceptual justi-fication, problematic in the case of memory, and clearly wrong for inferentialjustification. I propose a view of rationality and justified belief that deals happilywith inference and memory. Appearances are to be evaluated as ‘sound' or‘unsound.' Only a sound appearance can give rise to a justified belief, yet even anunsound appearance can ‘rationally require' the subject to form the belief. Some ofour intuitions mistake that rational requirement for the belief's being justified. Theresulting picture makes it plausible that there are also unsound perceptual appear-ances. I suggest that to have a sound perceptually basic appearance that p, one mustsee that p.},
author = {Jackson, Alexander},
doi = {10.1111/j.1933-1592.2011.00493.x},
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journal = {Philosophy and Phenomenological Research},
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pages = {564--593},
title = {{Appearances, rationality, and justified belief}},
url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1933-1592.2011.00493.x},
volume = {82},
year = {2011}
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