Abstract

ANAYA RUIZ ESPARZA, José Alfonso. Moorean inferences and the strength of the epistemic position. Sig. Fil [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.36, pp.118-137. ISSN 1665-1324.

In this article I analyze Martin Smith’s diagnosis of what is wrong with Moorean inferences, according to which these exhibit an epistemic defect incapable of increasing the reliability of their conclusion. Smith thinks this defect can be used to explain the phenomenon of epistemic warrant transmission failure. I will argue that Smith’s proposal is mistaken in supposing that the only way in which there can be warrant transmission is by increasing the reliability of the conclusion. I propose that, when the evidence increases the probability that the conclusion is true, the epistemic position about it improves, which could result in an epistemic warrant for it as well.

Keywords : epistemic warrant; Moorean inferences; transmission failure; reliability; probability.

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