Kietzmann C (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2021.1962928
Inference, understood as a form of conscious and active belief-revision, has recently attracted much interest among philosophers of mind. Many writings on the topic depict inference as a kind of process. However, this assumption is, to my knowledge, nowhere explicitly justified or even reflected upon. In this paper, I argue that the assumption is wrong: while processes take time, it is not possible that inferences take time. Both claims are conceptual observations. It is therefore conceptually impossible that the mental act of inferring is a process.
APA:
Kietzmann, C. (2021). Inference Is Not a Process. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2021.1962928
MLA:
Kietzmann, Christian. "Inference Is Not a Process." Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2021).
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