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Zusatztext This excellent and wide ranging collecton of papers contains important and original contributions to the key current debate about the nature and extent of a subject's knowledge of the content of her thoughts and utterances ... This collection constitutes a key resource for those interested in the nature of a subject's knowledge of the content of her thoughts and utterances ... the collection is useful in challenging some of the traditional assumptions about self-knowledge ... For those interested in the compatability of externalism and privileged access, the collection contains new contributions on this topic which will undoubtedly be key to the on-going debate in this area. Klappentext Self-knowledge is the focus of considerable attention from philosophers: Knowing Our Own Minds gives a much-needed overview of current work on the subject, bringing together new essays by leading figures. Knowledge of one's own sensations, desires, intentions, thoughts, beliefs, and other attitudes is characteristically different from other kinds of knowledge: it has greater immediacy, authority, and salience. The contributors examine philosophical questions raised by the distinctive character of self-knowledge, relating it to knowledge of other minds, to rationality and agency, externalist theories of psychological content, and knowledge of language. Together these original, stimulating, and closely interlinked essays demonstrate the special relevance of self-knowledge to a broad range of issues in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language. Zusammenfassung Gives an overview of work on the subject of self-knowledge, bringing together essays by leading figures. This book examines philosophical questions raised by the distinctive character of self-knowledge, relating it to knowledge of other minds, to rationality and agency, externalist theories of psychological content, and knowledge of language. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1: Crispin Wright: Self-Knowledge: The Wittgensteinian Legacy 2: John McDowell: Response to Crispin Wright 3: Christopher Peacocke: Conscious Attitudes, Attention, and Self-Knowledge 4: M. G. F. Martin: An Eye Directed Outward 5: Cynthia Macdonald: Externalism and Authoritative Self-Knowledge 6: Elizabeth Fricker: Self-Knowledge: Special Access versus Artefact of Grammar--A Dichotomy Rejected 7: Akeel Bilgrami: Self-Knowledge and Resentment 8: Tyler Burge: Reason and the First Person 9: Paul A. Boghossian: What the Externalist Can Know A Priori [**this chapter previously published**] 10: Brian P. McLaughlin and Michael Tye: Externalism, Twin Earth, and Self-Knowledge 11: Martin Davies: Externalism, Architecturalism, and Epistemic Warrant 12: Diana Raffman: First-Person Authority and the Internal Reality of Beliefs 13: Jim Edwards: The Simple Theory of Colour and the Transparency of Sense Experience 14: Barry C. Smith: On Knowing One's Own Language 15: James Higginbotham: On Knowing One's Own Language Index ...
