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Transparency and reflection : a study of self-knowledge and the nature of mind /

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"This book argues that we misunderstand the importance of the topic of self-knowledge if we conceive of it merely as a puzzle about how we can know a special range of facts. Instead, we should regard it as an inducement to reflect on the nature of the relevant facts themselves, and of the kind...

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Main Author: Boyle, Matthew, 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Self-knowledge, Theory of.
Connaissance de soi.
Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY.
Free Will & Determinism.
Mind & Body.
Cognitive Psychology & Cognition.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Self-knowledge, Theory of
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge.
Philosophy.
self, self-knowledge, rationality, Jean-Paul Sartre, Immanuel Kant, mind, self-consciousness, transparency, reflection
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Transparency and Reflection
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I.1. Why Study Self-​Knowledge?
  • I.2. Self-​Knowledge and the First-​Person Perspective
  • I.3. The Stakes in These Debates
  • I.4. Epistemic versus Metaphysical Approaches to Self-​Knowledge
  • I.5. Kantian versus Sartrean Conceptions of Self-​Consciousness
  • I.6. Plan of the Chapters
  • Part I: Self-​Knowledge and Transparency
  • 1. Transparency and Other Problems
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Standard Formulations
  • 1.3. Three Observations about Self-​Knowledge
  • 1.4. Generalizing the Problem of Transparency
  • 1.5. Conclusion and Prospect
  • 2. Contemporary Approaches
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Transparency versus Alienation: Moran
  • 2.3. Transparency as Inference from World to Mind: Byrne
  • 2.4. Transparency as Inference from Judgment to Belief: Peacocke
  • 2.5. Transparency and Expression: Finkelstein and Bar-​On
  • 2.6. Conclusion
  • 3. The Reflectivist Approach
  • 3.1. Reflectivism and Its Problems
  • 3.2. Sartre and Reflectivism
  • 3.3. Nonpositional Consciousness and Transparency
  • 3.4. The Structure of the Sartrean Account
  • 3.5. Conclusion
  • Part II: Self-​Consciousness and the First-​Person Perspective
  • 4. Consciousness-​as-​Subject
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Imagining-​as-​Subject
  • 4.3. Representing-​as-​Subject in General
  • 4.4. Subjective versus Objective Attitudes: Some Contrasts
  • 4.5. Consciousness-​as-​Subject and Self-​Knowledge
  • 4.6. Consciousness-​as-​Subject and Nonpositional Consciousness
  • 5. Self-​Consciousness
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. The Anti-​Egoist Challenge
  • 5.3. Egocentric Thought: Monadic versus Relational
  • 5.4. Consciousness-​as-​Subject versus Self-​Consciousness
  • 5.5. Introducing the First Person
  • 5.6. The Reflectivist Approach to the First Person
  • 5.7. The First Person and Others
  • 5.8. Implications
  • 5.8.1. Referentialism versus Anti-​Referentialism
  • 5.8.2. Essentialism versus Inessentialism
  • 5.8.3. Egoism versus Anti-​Egoism
  • 6. Bodily Awareness
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. The Subject-​Object Problem
  • 6.3. Sartre's Enigmatic Intervention
  • 6.4. Positional versus Nonpositional Consciousness Again
  • 6.5. Nonpositional Bodily Awareness
  • 6.6. The Primacy of Nonpositional Bodily Awareness
  • 6.7. Conclusion
  • Part III: Reflection and Self-​Understanding
  • 7. Reflection and Rationality
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. A Budget of Difficulties
  • 7.3. Rationality and the Taking Condition
  • 7.4. Taking and Reflection
  • 7.5. Self-​Reflection
  • 7.6. Responses to Difficulties
  • 7.7. Rational versus Nonrational Minds
  • 8. Armchair Psychology
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Two Kinds of Armchair Psychology
  • 8.3. First Illustration: Intentional Action
  • 8.4. Second Illustration: Perception
  • 8.5. Modes of Presentation and Implicit Understanding
  • 8.6. The Nature of Reflection