Self-Knowing Agents

Zusatztext Self-Knowing Agents is a substantial, rewarding and original book, and it will richly repay the readers active engagement with it. Klappentext Lucy OBrien argues that a satisfactory account of first-person reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. She considers two main questions. First, what account of first-person reference can we give that respects the guaranteed nature of such reference? Second, what account can we give of our knowledge of our mental and physical actions? Clearly written, with rigorous discussion of rival views, this book will be of interest to anyone working in the philosophy of mind and action. Zusammenfassung Lucy OBrien argues that a satisfactory account of first-person reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. She considers two main questions. First, what account of first-person reference can we give that respects the guaranteed nature of such reference? Second, what account can we give of our knowledge of our mental and physical actions? Clearly written, with rigorous discussion of rival views, this book will be of interest to anyone working in the philosophy of mind and action. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part I. 1: Introduction 2: Arguments for the No-Reference View of 'I' 3: Perceptual Models of First Person Reference 4: The Self-Reference Rule 5: The Agency Account 6: Agent's Awareness and Knowledge of Our Mental Actions Part II 7: Introduction 8: What are Actions? 9: On Knowing One's Own Physical Actions 10: Bodily Awareness 11: Bodily Awareness and Self-Knowledge

Produktdetails

• Autoren: &apos, Lucy Brien, O&apos, O'Brien, Lucy O'Brien, Lucy (Department of Philosophy O'Brien, Lucy O''brien
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.08.2007
• EAN: 9780199261482
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926148-2
• Seiten: 244
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge