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- Title
The Role of Consciousness in Grasping and Understanding.
- Authors
Bourget, David
- Abstract
One sometimes believes a proposition without grasping it. For example, a complete achromat might believe that ripe tomatoes are red without grasping this proposition. My aim in this paper is to shed light on the difference between merely believing a proposition and grasping it. I focus on two possible theories of grasping: the inferential theory, which explains grasping in terms of inferential role, and the phenomenal theory, which explains grasping in terms of phenomenal consciousness. I argue that the phenomenal theory is more plausible than the inferential theory.
- Subjects
CONSCIOUSNESS; ACQUISITIVENESS; COMPREHENSION; INFERENCE (Logic); PROPOSITION (Logic)
- Publication
Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, 2017, Vol 95, Issue 2, p285
- ISSN
0031-8205
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/phpr.12208