Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: This paper provides a naturalistic account of inference. We posit that the core of inference is constituted by bare inferential transitions (BITs), transitions between discursive mental representations guided by rules built into the architecture of cognitive systems. In further developing the concept of BITs, we provide an account of what Boghossian [2014] calls ‘taking’—that is, the appreciation of the rule that guides an inferential transition. We argue that BITs are sufficient for implicit taking, and then, to analyse explicit taking, we posit rich inferential transitions (RITs), which are transitions that the subject is disposed to endorse.
Authors: Jake Quilty-Dunn, Eric Mandelbaum
Institutions: University of Oxford, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Baruch College
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Parkinson Society Canada
Award: G444136592
OpenAlex ID: W4255126909