03624nam 22006015 450 991073482660332120230628124638.03-031-33480-910.1007/978-3-031-33480-1(MiAaPQ)EBC30611265(Au-PeEL)EBL30611265(DE-He213)978-3-031-33480-1(CKB)27279125500041(EXLCZ)992727912550004120230628d2023 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEpistemic Thought Experiments and Intuitions /by Manhal Hamdo1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2023.1 online resource (192 pages)Philosophical Studies Series,2542-8349 ;150Print version: Hamdo, Manhal Epistemic Thought Experiments and Intuitions Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031334795 Introduction -- Chapter 1: Epistemic Thought Experiment and Intuition -- Chapter 2: The Nature of Epistemic Intuition -- Chapter 3: The Epistemic Status of Intuitions -- Chapter 4: Epistemic Intuition in Light of Intuition-Deniers -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.This work investigates intuitions' nature, demonstrating how philosophers can best use them in epistemology. First, the author considers several paradigmatic thought experiments in epistemology that depict the appeal to intuition. He then argues that the nature of thought experiment-generated intuitions is not best explained by an a priori Platonism. Second, the book instead develops and argues for a thin conception of epistemic intuitions. The account maintains that intuition is neither a priori nor a posteriori but multi-dimensional. It is an intentional but non-propositional mental state that is also non-conceptual and non-phenomenal in nature. Moreover, this state is individuated by its progenitor, namely, the relevant thought experiment. Third, the author provides an argument for the evidential status of intuitions based on the correct account of the nature of epistemic intuition. The suggestion is the fitting-ness approach: intuition alone has no epistemic status. Rather, intuition has evidentiary value as long as it fits well with other pieces into a whole, namely, the pertinent thought experiment. Finally, the book addresses the key challenges raised by supporters of anti-centrality, according to which philosophers do not regard intuition as central evidence in philosophy. To that end, the author responds to them, showing that they fail to affect the account of intuition developed in this book.This text appeals to students and researchers working in epistemology. .Philosophical Studies Series,2542-8349 ;150Knowledge, Theory ofPhilosophyMethodologyAnalysis (Philosophy)EpistemologyPhilosophical MethodsAnalytic PhilosophyKnowledge, Theory of.Philosophy.Methodology.Analysis (Philosophy).Epistemology.Philosophical Methods.Analytic Philosophy.121121Hamdo Manhal1373516MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910734826603321Epistemic Thought Experiments and Intuitions3404580UNINA