A brief discussion of the empirical plausibility of the reflective epistemic agency

Abstract: This paper aims to discuss one specific feature of Sosa’s performance epistemology, which is what we call Reflective Epistemic Agency. We argue that Sosa defends a problematic version of epistemic agency on its reflective level. We contrast Sosa’s idea of reflective epistemic agency with Proust’s theory of metacognition to argue that the argument in favor of Reflective Epistemic Agency may lack some empirical plausibility, thus, it should be either revised or abandoned.

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Main Authors: Freitas,Ana Margarete Barbosa de, Santos,Felipe Rocha Lima
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Filosofia 2021
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31732021000600173
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Summary:Abstract: This paper aims to discuss one specific feature of Sosa’s performance epistemology, which is what we call Reflective Epistemic Agency. We argue that Sosa defends a problematic version of epistemic agency on its reflective level. We contrast Sosa’s idea of reflective epistemic agency with Proust’s theory of metacognition to argue that the argument in favor of Reflective Epistemic Agency may lack some empirical plausibility, thus, it should be either revised or abandoned.