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@article{citeulike:6081351, abstract = {The paper develops a conception of epistemic warrant as applied to perceptual belief, called "entitlement", that does not require the warranted individual to be capable of understanding the warrant. The conception is situated within an account of animal perception and unsophisticated perceptual belief. It characterizes entitlement as fulfillment of an epistemic norm that is apriori associated with a certain representational function that can be known apriori to be a function of perception. The paper connects anti-individualism, a thesis about the nature of mental states, and perceptual entitlement. It presents an argument that explains the objectivity and validity of perceptual entitlement partly in terms of the nature of perceptual states--hence the nature of perceptual beliefs, which are constitutively associated with perceptual states. The paper discusses ways that an individual can be entitled to perceptual belief through its connection to perception, and ways that entitlement to perceptual belief can be undermined.}, author = {Burge, Tyler}, citeulike-article-id = {6081351}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20140626}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/20140626}, doi = {10.2307/20140626}, issn = {00318205}, journal = {Philosophy and Phenomenological Research}, keywords = {epistemology-general, perception}, number = {3}, pages = {503--548}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 17:47:59}, priority = {2}, publisher = {International Phenomenological Society}, title = {Perceptual Entitlement}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20140626}, volume = {67}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6081351 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6081351 N2 - The paper develops a conception of epistemic warrant as applied to perceptual belief, called "entitlement", that does not require the warranted individual to be capable of understanding the warrant. The conception is situated within an account of animal perception and unsophisticated perceptual belief. It characterizes entitlement as fulfillment of an epistemic norm that is apriori associated with a certain representational function that can be known apriori to be a function of perception. The paper connects anti-individualism, a thesis about the nature of mental states, and perceptual entitlement. It presents an argument that explains the objectivity and validity of perceptual entitlement partly in terms of the nature of perceptual states--hence the nature of perceptual beliefs, which are constitutively associated with perceptual states. The paper discusses ways that an individual can be entitled to perceptual belief through its connection to perception, and ways that entitlement to perceptual belief can be undermined. IS - 3 JF - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research SN - 00318205 EP - 548 TI - Perceptual Entitlement PB - International Phenomenological Society VL - 67 SP - 503 KW - epistemology-general KW - perception AU - Burge, Tyler PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20140626 ER -