A brief discussion of the empirical plausibility of the Reflective Epistemic Agency

Autores/as

  • Felipe Rocha Lima Santos Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
  • Ana Margarete Barbosa de Freitas Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2021.v44dossier2.12.p173

Palabras clave:

Virtue Epistemology, Performance Epistemology, Epistemic Agency

Resumen

This paper aims to discuss one specific feature of Sosa’s performance epistemology, which is what we call Reflective Epistemic Agency. We argue that Sosa defends a problematic version of epistemic agency on its reflective level. We contrast Sosa’s idea of reflective epistemic agency with Proust’s theory of metacognition to argue that the argument in favor of Reflective Epistemic Agency may lack some empirical plausibility, thus, it should be either revised or abandoned.

Biografía del autor/a

  • Felipe Rocha Lima Santos, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)

    Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA – Brazil. Pesquisador PNPD/CAPES.

  • Ana Margarete Barbosa de Freitas, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)

    Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA – Brazil.

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Received: 22/9/2020 - Approved: 05/3/202

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02-06-2021 — Actualizado el 30-06-2022

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A brief discussion of the empirical plausibility of the Reflective Epistemic Agency. (2022). TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO:/Revista/De/Filosofia, 44(Special Issue 2), 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2021.v44dossier2.12.p173