Linguistique de l’écrit

Revue internationale en libre accès

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173887

In defence of non-conceptual content

Simone Gozzano (Università degli Studi dell'Aquila)

pp. 117-126

Résumé

In recent times, Evans' idea that mental states could have non-conceptual contents has been attacked. McDowell (Mind and World, 1994) and Brewer (Perception and reason, 1999) have both argued that that notion does not have any epistemological role because notions such as justification or evidential support, that might relate mental contents to each other, must be framed in conceptual terms. On his side, Brewer has argued that instead of non-conceptual content we should consider demonstrative concepts that have the same fine grainess of non-conceptual contents while having conceptual structure. In what follows I will argue that, first, that the notion of demonstrative concept is not viable and, second, that there is an epistemological role for non-conceptual content.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

(2008) Axiomathes 18 (1).

Pages: 117-126

Citation complète:

Gozzano Simone, 2008, In defence of non-conceptual content. Axiomathes 18 (1), 117-126.