How to tell essence (when you sense one). Issue 2 (17th February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ivanov, Ivan V.
• Is Part Of: Canadian journal of philosophy. Volume 49:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 147
• Page End: 168
• Publication Date: 2019-02-17
• Subjects: Revelation -- perceptual knowledge -- essence -- necessity -- intrinsicality -- color; Philosophy -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1080/00455091.2018.1516974
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0045-5091

Abstract

ABSTRACT: How could perceptual experiences reveal matters of essentiality? Answering this question is crucial for vindicating a thesis about the epistemic import of experience, commonly known as Revelation. The thesis comes in a weak and a strong version. Only on the strong one could it make up an authoritative piece of common sense. But this version also seems to demand too much of our experiences, namely that they can reveal essentiality. However, the impression that our experiences are not suited for this turns out to be due to a non-mandatory assumption about how the revelation of essentiality would work.