Phenomenal Conservatism

Gage, Logan Paul; McAllister, Blake

doi:10.5040/9781350062757-ch.002

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“…As the reader can tell, this thesis is a minimalist one. You can endorse internalist theories such as phenomenal conservatism (Gage & McAllister, 2020, pp. 61–81; McNabb, 2018) or externalist theories such as process reliabilism or proper functionalism (McNabb, 2018).…”

Section: (Counter?) Reformed Epistemology and The Doctrine Of Faithmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Stacey argues that there may be room to reasonably interpret St. Thomas as endorsing the thesis of phenomenal conservatism (PC), specifically with St. Thomas' reference to the instinct of faith Stacey, 2021. Roughly, PC states that if it seems to S that p, and, S is without defeaters for p, then S has some prima facie justification for believing that p (Gage & McAllister, 2020). While Stacey doesn't mention this, his view seems to be strengthened by Christopher Shields take that this was essentially Aristotle's epistemology (Shields, 2013, p. 8).…”

Section: St Thomas's Epistemologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analytic Catholic Epistemologies of Faith: A Survey of Developments

McNabb

2023

Philosophy Compass

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If you were to take a time machine and travel back to the 1980s, Catholic epistemology would look drastically different than it does today, at least in analytic circles. One of those drastic changes relates to whether Catholic epistemology is consistent with Reformed epistemology. Another issue relates to whether St. Thomas Aquinas was a classical evidentialist. In this paper, I survey recent developments in Catholic epistemology. I do this by first looking at Gregory Stacey's recent work arguing the Catholic Church's teaching on faith is best situated in a Reformed epistemological framework. I then engage decades old objections to Reformed epistemology from a Catholic perspective. I respond to these objections partly by surveying recent work by Catholic epistemologists. The paper then takes a turn to look at the recent scholarship on Aquinas' epistemology. I show that there is now an emerging consensus that Aquinas belongs not to a hard evidentialist camp as it was previously thought, but rather an externalist friendly tradition.

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Section: (Counter?) Reformed Epistemology and The Doctrine Of Faithmentioning

confidence: 99%