Reginald O Salter, LaToya Barham, Daniel L Young, Crystal McIntosh, Craig J Butler
Integrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) competency into the dental school curriculum
Journal of dental education
define inferential reasoning highlevel cognition nonconscious representations guide even determine highlevel cognition properties nonconscious representations two contemporary debates highlevel cognition center issues first concerns possibility cognitive penetration degree extent highlevel cognition influences determines lowlevel cognition second focuses epistemic status conscious cognition whether nonconscious cognition could play similar albeit fundamental justificatory role conscious cognition latter issue heart question concerning epistemic status conscious awareness paper focuses epistemic standard required inference inferential reasoning count justificatory debates epistemic status consciousness cognitive penetration typically assume standard highlevel cognition associated rationality inferentially structured thought epistemic responsibility one conclusions drawn ones inferences paper proposes account inferentialattention explains cognitive penetration nonphenomenally conscious cognition perception possible unconscious processes considered essential components highlevel cognition sections defining inference accuracy constraints agencyfirst account inference provide theoretical framework understanding multiple criteria adequate account inference rational thought must satisfy sections attention high lowlevel inferential cognition various domains advantages concerning rulefollowing rationality necessarilyphenomenal inferential reasoning articulate inferentialattention account explain meets descriptive normative criteria epistemic responsibility rationality particular section attention high lowlevel inferential cognition various domains defends agential interpretation inferentialattention offers resolution tension conservative consciousnessbased approaches inference liberal approaches allow types unconscious subdoxastic processes agency condition inference explains inference psychological process control agent time satisfies normative condition inference responsive reasons evidence cognitively available personal level assessment evaluation key identify kind epistemic agency attention section advantages concerning rulefollowing rationality necessarilyphenomenal inferential reasoning compares inferentialattention account influential agential account inference based conscious intuition argues former account preferable section also demonstrates significance inferentialattention higher cognition even nonphenomenally conscious