scholarly journals Minimal dualism and epistemic approach

Author(s):  
B. V. Faul ◽  

In this paper the author presents an argument in favor of minimal dualism — thesis, according to which conscious agents are able to exist without bodies. Author demonstrates the advantages of this argument. Firstly, he shows that this argument is invulnerable to the epistemic strategy of criticizing the conceivability argument. Secondly, the epistemic approach restricts the conceivability of creatures, the possibility of which is incompatible with the minimal dualism

2013 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSIAH OBER

A satisfactory model of decision-making in an epistemic democracy must respect democratic values, while advancing citizens’ interests, by taking account of relevant knowledge about the world. Analysis of passages in Aristotle and legislative process in classical Athens points to a “middle way” between independent-guess aggregation and deliberation: an epistemic approach to decision-making that offers a satisfactory model of collective judgment that is both time-sensitive and capable of setting agendas endogenously. By aggregating expertise across multiple domains, Relevant Expertise Aggregation (REA) enables a body of minimally competent voters to make superior choices among multiple options, on matters of common interest. REA differs from a standard Condorcet jury in combining deliberation with voting based on judgments about the reputations and arguments of domain-experts.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-174
Author(s):  
Timofey S. Demin ◽  

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-113
Author(s):  
Yasser Delfani ◽  
Ahmadreza Hemmatimoghaddam ◽  
Reza Mosmer ◽  
Mohammad Sadat Mansouri ◽  
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Noûs ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (s15) ◽  
pp. 393-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Stoljar

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