In this paper I explore the nature of confabulatory explanations of action guided by implicit
bias. I claim that such explanations can have significant epistemic benefits in spite of their
obvious epistemic costs, and that such benefits are not otherwise obtainable by the subject
at the time at which the explanation is offered. I start by outlining the kinds of cases I have in
mind, before characterising the phenomenon of confabulation by focusing on a few common
features. Then I introduce the notion of epistemic innocence to capture the epistemic status …