perception ↔ Peter Graham

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Peter Graham discusses perception as a fundamental source of knowledge and justification in his epistemological framework, specifically comparing it to testimony and memory [1], [2], [3], [4], and [5].

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Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 5 facts

quotePeter Graham states: "That a source is a source of defeaters for beliefs from another source, or even from itself, does not show that the other source depends for justification on inferential support from another source, or even itself. … The fact that my perception defeats your testimony does not show that testimony is inferential and not direct. Indeed, the fact that testimony-based beliefs sometimes defeat perceptual beliefs does not show that testimony is prior to perception."

claimPeter Graham defines a "reactionary" as someone who accepts only principles of a priori insight, internal experiences, and deduction, while rejecting principles related to memory, enumerative induction, inference to the best explanation, perception, and testimony.

quotePeter Graham (2004) states: “The central claim the Anti-Reductionist makes is that the epistemologies of perception, memory, and testimony should all look more or less alike.”

claimPeter Graham (2006) argues that the fact that one source of knowledge can defeat another does not imply that the defeated source depends on inferential support from the other, nor does it show that testimony is inferior to perception.

claimPeter Graham defines a "conservative" as someone who rejects only principles regarding perception and testimony, a "moderate" as someone who rejects only the principle regarding testimony, and a "liberal" as someone who accepts the principle for testimony.