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This paper has two goals. First, it aims to investigate the empirical assumptions of a recent proposal due to Olsson (forthcoming), according to which the generality problem for process-reliabilism can be approached by recruiting patterns and models from the basic-level research in cognitive psychology. Second, the paper attempts to generalize findings in the basic-level literature pertaining to concrete nouns to the abstract verbs that denote belief-forming processes. I will demonstrate that verbs for belief-forming processes exhibit the kind of linguistic convergence that is characteristic of basic-level words, although these words are not neatly taxonomically organized or associated with large feature sets. Next, I will evaluate and partially validate Olsson's proposal in light of these findings. I will provide some discussion of possible explanations of the results are discussed, as well as the impact these results have for structural models of basic-level advantage, and for the feasibility of the explanatory strategy that these models presuppose. Finally, I will conclude that even though no particular model is compromised by these results, they call into question the underlying explanatory strategy by highlighting its parochial nature.
Originalspråk | engelska |
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Sidor (från-till) | 114-138 |
Tidskrift | Philosophical Psychology |
Volym | 28 |
Nummer | 1-2 |
DOI | |
Status | Published - 2015 |
Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)
- Filosofi
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Utforska forskningsämnen för ”Linguistic Convergence in Verbs for Belief-forming Processes”. Tillsammans bildar de ett unikt fingeravtryck.Projekt
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Kunskap och tillförlitlighet: en systematisk undersökning av reliabilismen
2009/01/01 → 2011/12/31
Projekt: Forskning