La teoría proposicional y la percepción como logro cognitivo

• Francisco Pereira Gandarillas ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Alberto Hurtado

     Universidad Alberto Hurtado

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Crítica: revista hispanoamericana de filosofía, ISSN 0011-1503, Vol. 58, Nº. 173, 2026, págs. 77-93
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2026.1812
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  • español

    Kalpokas afirma que nuestras experiencias perceptuales poseen una claseúnica de contenido proposicional —conceptual y dependiente del mundo— capaz dejustificar creencias sin caer en el Mito de lo Dado. Discutiré tres tesis constitutivasde su teoría. Primero, que la referenciaconsciente a objetos es siempre concep-tual y requiere la representación de estados de cosas. Segundo, que la completitudamodal también es conceptual y necesita conocimiento de trasfondo. Tercero, quelos conceptos penetran las experiencias y suscontenidos. Presentaré consideracionesexegéticas, teóricas y empíricas orientadas a cuestionar y limitar el alcance de estastesis, y sugeriré que Kalpokas transita precipitadamente de una propuesta episte-mológica a una metafísica respecto de la clase de contenidos admisibles en nuestrasexperiencias.

  • English

    Kalpokas argues that our perceptual experiences possess a unique kind of propositional content—conceptual and world-dependent—capable of justifying beliefs without falling into the myth of the given. I will discuss three constitutive theses of his theory. First, that conscious reference to objects is always conceptual and requires the representation of states of affairs. Second, that amodal completeness is also conceptual and requires background knowledge. Third, that concepts penetrate experiences and their contents. I will present exegetical, theoretical, and empirical considerations aimed at questioning and limiting the scope of these theses, and I will suggest that Kalpokas makes a precipitous shift from an epistemological proposal to a metaphysical one concerning the kinds of contents admissible in our experiences.

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