Third‐personal evidence for perceptual confidence

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 108 (1):106-135 (2023)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Perceptual Confidence is the view that our conscious perceptual experiences assign confidence. In previous papers, I motivated it using first-personal evidence (Morrison, 2016), and Jessie Munton motivated it using normative evidence (Munton, 2016). In this paper, I will consider the extent to which it is motivated by third-personal evidence. I will argue that the current evidence is supportive but not decisive. I will then describe experiments that might provide stronger evidence. I hope to thereby provide a roadmap for future research.

Similar books and articles

Perceptual Confidence.John Morrison - 2016 - Analytic Philosophy 57 (1):15-48.
Perceptual Confidence and Categorization.John Morrison - 2017 - Analytic Philosophy 58 (1):71-85.
Perceptual confidence: A Husserlian take.Kristjan Laasik - 2020 - European Journal of Philosophy (2):354-364.
Post-perceptual confidence and supervaluative matching profile.Tony Cheng - 2022 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 65 (3):249-277.
Updating, undermining, and perceptual learning.Brian T. Miller - 2017 - Philosophical Studies 174 (9):2187-2209.
Perceiving indeterminately.Bence Nanay - 2020 - Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 9 (3):160-166.
Confidence in Consciousness Research.Matthias Michel - forthcoming - WIREs Cognitive Science:e1628.
The evidence in perception.Ali Hasan - 2024 - In Maria Lasonen-Aarnio & Clayton Littlejohn (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence. New York, NY: Routledge.

Analytics

Added to PP
2022-09-27

Downloads
255 (#75,570)

6 months
113 (#31,291)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

John Morrison
Barnard College

Citations of this work

Representing Probability in Perception and Experience.Geoffrey Lee & Nico Orlandi - 2022 - Review of Philosophy and Psychology 13 (4):907-945.

Add more citations

References found in this work

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception.Marc H. Bornstein - 1980 - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 39 (2):203-206.
Word and Object.Willard Van Orman Quine - 1960 - Les Etudes Philosophiques 17 (2):278-279.
The consciousness of self.William James - 1890 - In The Principles of Psychology. London, England: Dover Publications.
The Causal Theory of Perception.H. P. Grice & Alan R. White - 1961 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 35 (1):121-168.
Perceptual Confidence.John Morrison - 2016 - Analytic Philosophy 57 (1):15-48.

View all 25 references / Add more references