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1886Where Philosophical Intuitions Come FromAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 93 (2): 233-249. 2015.Little is known about the aetiology of philosophical intuitions, in spite of their central role in analytic philosophy. This paper provides a psychological account of the intuitions that underlie philosophical practice, with a focus on intuitions that underlie the method of cases. I argue that many philosophical intuitions originate from spontaneous, early-developing, cognitive processes that also play a role in other cognitive domains. Additionally, they have a skilled, practiced, component. Ph…Read more
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1307Reformed and evolutionary epistemology and the noetic effects of sinInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 74 (1): 49-66. 2013.Despite their divergent metaphysical assumptions, Reformed and evolutionary epistemologists have converged on the notion of proper basicality. Where Reformed epistemologists appeal to God, who has designed the mind in such a way that it successfully aims at the truth, evolutionary epistemologists appeal to natural selection as a mechanism that favors truth-preserving cognitive capacities. This paper investigates whether Reformed and evolutionary epistemological accounts of theistic belief are co…Read more
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Philosophy of Mind |
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