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Access, phenomenology and sorites
Author(s) -
Sebastián Miguel Ángel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ratio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-9329
pISSN - 0034-0006
DOI - 10.1111/rati.12189
Subject(s) - phenomenology (philosophy) , epistemology , intuition , transitive relation , consciousness , premise , philosophy , relation (database) , psychology , computer science , mathematics , combinatorics , database
The non‐transitivity of the relation looks the same as has been used to argue that the relation has the same phenomenal character as is non‐transitive—a result that jeopardizes certain theories of consciousness. In this paper, I argue against this conclusion while granting the premise by dissociating lookings and phenomenology ; an idea that some might find counter‐intuitive. However, such an intuition is left unsupported once phenomenology and cognitive access are distinguished from each other; a distinction that is conceptually and empirically grounded.