Are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions?
This paper discusses an influential view of moral intuition, according to which moral intuition is a kind of intellectual perception. The core claim of this quasi-perceptualist theory is that intuitions are like perceptual experiences in presenting propositions as true. In this work, it is argued th...
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| description | This paper discusses an influential view of moral intuition, according to which moral intuition is a kind of intellectual perception. The core claim of this quasi-perceptualist theory is that intuitions are like perceptual experiences in presenting propositions as true. In this work, it is argued that quasi-perceptualism is explanatorily superfluous in the moral domain: there is no need to postulate a sui generis quasi-perceptual mental state to account for moral intuition since rival theories can explain the salient mental features of moral intuition. The essay is structured into three main sections. In a first one, I introduce the quasi-perceptualist view of moral intuition. In the second, I show that ordinary accounts can explain the salient psychological features of moral intuition without referring to intellectual perceptions. Finally, in the third section, I discuss whether moral intuitions have presentational phenomenology like perceptual experiences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60b3c26c5a7f40c7afcee5e539cdcc072022-12-22T02:07:05ZdeuMimesis Edizioni, MilanoRivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia2039-46672239-26292022-04-01131314010.4453/rifp.2022.0003Are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions?Dario CecchiniThis paper discusses an influential view of moral intuition, according to which moral intuition is a kind of intellectual perception. The core claim of this quasi-perceptualist theory is that intuitions are like perceptual experiences in presenting propositions as true. In this work, it is argued that quasi-perceptualism is explanatorily superfluous in the moral domain: there is no need to postulate a sui generis quasi-perceptual mental state to account for moral intuition since rival theories can explain the salient mental features of moral intuition. The essay is structured into three main sections. In a first one, I introduce the quasi-perceptualist view of moral intuition. In the second, I show that ordinary accounts can explain the salient psychological features of moral intuition without referring to intellectual perceptions. Finally, in the third section, I discuss whether moral intuitions have presentational phenomenology like perceptual experiences.https://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2022.0003moral intuitionquasi-perceptualismmoral intuitionismperceptual experiencespsychological plausibility |
| spellingShingle | Dario Cecchini Are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions? Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia moral intuition quasi-perceptualism moral intuitionism perceptual experiences psychological plausibility |
| title | Are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions? |
| title_full | Are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions? |
| title_fullStr | Are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions? |
| title_short | Are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions? |
| title_sort | are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions |
| topic | moral intuition quasi-perceptualism moral intuitionism perceptual experiences psychological plausibility |
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