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Explaining Away Intuitions

Posted in papers, publications on Jun 20th, 2009

Explaining Away Intuitions, Forthcoming in Studia Philosophica Estonica, special issue on intuitions.
What is it to ‘explain away’ an intuition? Philosophers often attempt to explain intuitions away, but it is often unclear what the success conditions for their project consist in. I attempt to articulate these conditions, using several philosophical case studies as guides. I will [...]

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Intuitions and Begging the Question

Posted in papers on Jun 20th, 2009

Intuitions and Begging the Question. Under Review. Version of 4 July, 2009.
What are philosophical intuitions? There is a tension between two intuitive criteria. On the one hand, many of our ordinary beliefs do not seem intuitively to be intuitions; this suggests a relatively restrictionist approach to intuitions. (A few attempts to restrict: intuitions must be [...]

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