Single Idea 23554

[catalogued under 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 6. Judgement / a. Nature of Judgement]

Full Idea

Our idea of testimonial sensibility is a spontaneous critical sensitivity permanently in training and adapting to experience. …This gives us a picture of how judgements can be rational yet unreflective, critical yet non-inferential.

Gist of Idea

Judgements can be unreflective and non-inferential, yet rational, by being sensitive to experience

Source

Miranda Fricker (Epistemic Injustice [2007], 3.4)

Book Reference

Fricker,Miranda: 'Epistemic Injustice' [OUP 2007], p.84


A Reaction

Love this. I want to connect human reasoning to good judgement by animals, and I offer the word 'sensible' to bridge the gap. Dogs and scientists can be sensible. Fricker spells out more fully what I have in mind, with reference to testimony.