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Third‐personal evidence for perceptual confidence.

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...

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Published in:Philosophy & Phenomenological Research Vol. 108; no. 1; pp. 106 - 136
Main Author: Morrison, John
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jan2024
Subjects:
Evidence
Confidence
Proposition (Logic)
Priming (Psychology)
Consciousness
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.