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Epistemic Intuitions
Jennifer Nagel 1*
  1 University of Toronto
Copyright © 2007 The Author
Journal Compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Abstract1. Introduction: A Rough Sketch of Epistemic Intuition2. The Origins of the Present Controversy over Epistemic Intuitions3. Recent Philosophical Views of Epistemic Intuition4. Empirical Evidence from Linguistics and PsychologyWorks Cited

We naturally evaluate the beliefs of others, sometimes by deliberate calculation, and sometimes in a more immediate fashion. Epistemic intuitions are immediate assessments arising when someone's condition appears to fall on one side or the other of some significant divide in epistemology. After giving a rough sketch of several major features of epistemic intuitions, this article reviews the history of the current philosophical debate about them and describes the major positions in that debate. Linguists and psychologists also study epistemic assessments; the last section of the paper discusses some of their research and its potential relevance to epistemology.


Philosophy Compass 2/6 (2007): 792–819, 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2007.00104.x

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