A brief discussion of the empirical plausibility of the reflective epistemic agency

Uma breve discussão sobre a plausibilidade empírica da agência epistêmica reflexiva

Abstract:

This paper aims to discuss one specific feature of Sosa’s performance epistemology, which is what we call Reflective Epistemic Agency. We argue that Sosa defends a problematic version of epistemic agency on its reflective level. We contrast Sosa’s idea of reflective epistemic agency with Proust’s theory of metacognition to argue that the argument in favor of Reflective Epistemic Agency may lack some empirical plausibility, thus, it should be either revised or abandoned.

Keywords:
Virtue Epistemology; Performance Epistemology; Epistemic Agency