On the Underpinning Mechanisms of (Epistemically) Reliable Processes

Beni M.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF SKEPTICISM, cilt.11, sa.1, ss.28-52, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1163/22105700-20191372
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF SKEPTICISM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Philosopher's Index
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.28-52
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: predictive coding, representationalism, reliabilism, New Evil Demon Problem, FREE-ENERGY, JUSTIFICATION, RELIABILISM
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.