ABSTRACT

In this chapter, the author argues that Phenomenalism about Intuition is true: intuition singlehandedly justifies belief in its content in virtue of its phenomenal character. Pryor’s reasons for thinking that there are no good reasons not to take such appearances at face value in the case of perception apply equally in the case of intuition. There are several clear cases of perceptual justification absent inductive support. The relationship between propositional and doxastic justification is often understood as the latter obtaining if the former does, and the agent believes on the basis of that which provides propositional justification. The phenomenalist claims that perception provides some singlehanded justification to believe what it represents but leaves open that such justification may be strengthened by inductive evidence for the reliability of perception. The justification perception provides can only be explained by the phenomenal character of perceptual experience.