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| Self-knowledge, philosophy: here we are concerned with the conditions for the ability of a thinking subject to distinguish itself from other subjects or objects in order to relate to itself with language, gestures, and actions. See also Privileged access, First Person, Identification, Individuation, Self-identification, Introspection, Self, I, Self-ascription._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Tyler Burge on Self-Knowledge - Dictionary of Arguments
Frank I 687 Authority/First Person/Self-Knowledge/Burge: (per Descartes) We have "basic self-knowledge". E.g. "I think (with this very thought) that writing requires concentration. Problem: 1. does individualism follow from accepting this Cartesian conception? 2. how is certainty about one's own mental states possible for externalism (anti-individualism)? Frank I 706 Self-knowledge/Burge: the source of our strong epistemic claim is not that we know a lot about the objects or that we know the circumstances (enabling conditions) particularly well, but arises from the nature and function of self-evaluative judgments. E.g. When we consider that there is no water at all, we are unjustifiably viewing our position from a third person perspective. >Perspective, >Description levels, >Incorrigibility. Tyler Burge (1988a): Individualism and Self-Knowledge, in: The Journal of Philosophy 85 (1988), 649-663_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Burge I T. Burge Origins of Objectivity Oxford 2010 Burge II Tyler Burge "Two Kinds of Consciousness" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Fra I M. Frank (Hrsg.) Analytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994 |
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