Sesgos implícitos, injusticia explícita: efectos epistémicos de los sesgos inconscientes en el razonamiento probatorio en México
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This article provides an epistemological analysis of the impact of implicit biases on evi-dentiary reasoning within the context of Mexican criminal law. It argues that these biases affect the justification of beliefs, causing harm to individuals and society, and hindering the achievement of epistemic goals of the process, such as the pursuit of truth or fact-finding. It posits that judges are epistemically responsible for their implicitly biased beliefs, even if i) they do not have direct con-trol over them, ii) their influence is unconscious, and iii) they lack access to scientific knowledge about biases. As an example, the influence of these biases on the evaluation of testimonial evidence according to Mexican jurisprudence is analyzed. Two procedural solutions are also proposed to mitigate their negative epistemic effects