AN EPISTEMIC NON-INDIVIDUALISTIC CONCEPTION OF REFLECTION: AN ESSAY

This essay aims to motivate an epistemic non-individualistic conception of reflection. The proposal is non-individualistic because (a) it does not regard just the individual metacognitive performance and (b) it refers to a situation in which two or more persons are in dialogical disagreement on the...

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Autor: Silva Filho, Waldomiro José
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Kriterion (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/36951
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/kriterion/article/view/36951
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Individualismo epistêmico
Justificação
Reflexão
Epistemic Individualism
Justification
Reflection
Descrição
Resumo:This essay aims to motivate an epistemic non-individualistic conception of reflection. The proposal is non-individualistic because (a) it does not regard just the individual metacognitive performance and (b) it refers to a situation in which two or more persons are in dialogical disagreement on the same subject matter or proposition target; (c) they dispute based on conversational space and are entitled to expect of one another to be engaged in attempts at truth, avoidance of error, and understanding. I call this proposal Dialectical account of Reflection (DaR). According to (DaR), reflection is a conscious and intentional intelectual operation through which a person becomes aware of the contents of disputed beliefs in a dialogical or interpersonal exchange, involving both her own beliefs and the beliefs of her interlocutors. In (DaR), reflection produces the epistemic good of avoiding epistemic vices and promoting epistemic moderation.