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The Rationality of Perception

Disciplines:
epistemology
philosophy of mind

Summary

Susanna Siegel's book arguing that perceptual experiences can be epistemically rational or irrational depending on how they were formed — challenging the traditional view that perception is always epistemically basic.

Core Contribution

Perception is not automatically epistemically innocent; experiences formed through irrational or biased cognitive processes have diminished epistemic standing; the rationality evaluation of perception parallels the rationality evaluation of inference.

Historical Influences

Susanna Siegel

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Allied Works

The Contents of Visual Experience Modularity of Mind

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