Abstract:REPLY TO BREWERMy inferentialist analysis of hijacked experiences allows that these experiences can be conclusions of inference. If experiences are conclusions of inference in these cases, what kinds of mental states can figure as the inputs to the inferences?In Brewer's (2019) initial gloss on these cases, the input to such inference is always another experience, and that experience always has a baseline amount of epistemic power. He then asks how this gloss would apply to memory color, where one ends up expe… Show more
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