Voicing Identities The Uses of Inner Speech for Self-Understanding

We are often asked to describe ourselves. In response, one might propose a few adjectives, or possibly even a brief account of how they became the person they are today. How we develop such self-understanding is a complicated matter involving various cognitive and social processes. Fanti Rovetta contributes to the comprehension of these processes by exploring the role of inner speech, or verbal thought, in self-understanding. Drawing from sociolinguistics, he proposes and applies a novel theoretical framework, a situated approach to inner speech, which emphasizes individual variation, and suggests that each person has a style of inner speaking. Such style of inner speaking constrains the linguistic hermeneutic resources a person can access in thinking about themselves and in making sense of their experiences. Additionally, he investigates the role of inner speech in narrative thinking and in verbal rumination, which are two key mental phenomena related to self-understanding. Throughout the book, the approach adopted is multidisciplinary, integrating philosophical discussion with recent developments in cognitive science, psychology, and linguistics.

About the author

Francesco Fanti Rovetta
, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Fanti Rovetta
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 04.11.2024
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy
• EAN: 9783111555379
• ISBN: 978-3-11-155537-9
• Pages: 150
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23 cm
• Weight (packing): 357 g
• Series: Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies > 53; Epistemic Studies > 53
• Subjects: Selbsterkenntnis, Philosophie, Philosophie des Geistes, Das Selbst, das Ich, Identität und Persönlichkeit, Identität, Philosophy of Mind, Identity, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, PHI038000 PHILOSOPHY / Language, Self-Knowledge, inner speech, Innere Sprache