tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post5019238236202119504..comments2024-03-28T13:23:50.623-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Probabilistic perceptionAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-55247502874691226992017-03-02T14:40:46.361-06:002017-03-02T14:40:46.361-06:00I think we are such critters. If you are out west...I think we are such critters. If you are out west, seeing a vaguely canine shape in the far distance, dog and wolf and coyote are all live possibilities. <br /><br />Avoiding the Myth of the Given, I think we should describe it like this. There is something canine in the visual field, but this is a sensation not a belief or propositional attitude. This sensation CAUSES let's say three propositional attitudes, viz. "It's a dog", "It's a wolf", "It's a coyote." Attached to each of these attitudes is a credence, say 0.9, 0.05, 0.05. <br /><br />The attitudes are veridical when their content is true. What it is for their credences to be correct is a separate question and I don't know the answer, unless it is very simple: the fact of having the sensation is evidence for each of three hypotheses and we handle that piece of evidence like any other.<br />Heath Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535886546816778688noreply@blogger.com