Dogmatic evidence of the given

LAERA, RODRIGO

Contemporary Pragmatism

Brill-Rodopi

Año: 2017

1572-3429

This paper addresses the epistemological problem of the myth of ?the given? from an evidentialist and pragmatic perspective concerning the attribution of knowledge: if the evidence supporting p may be based on «the given» for S, how can ?the given? be considered the basis of the evidence if it is a myth? The principal objective is to introduce a pragmatic solution to the above question. The main thesis is that there is a dogmatic relationship between the evidence necessary for the legitimacy of our attribution of knowledge and «the given»; however, this dogma does not suggest that these attributions are irrational.