24.805 Topics in Epistemology: Self-Knowledge, Fall 2015
Author(s)
Byrne, Alex
Paul, Sarah K.
Alternative Title
Topics in Epistemology: Self-Knowledge
Date Issued
December 2015
Abstract
This course is a graduate seminar surveying recent work on self-knowledge. Some questions that will be explored and discussed are: What is the distinctive philosophical interest of self-knowledge? Is self-knowledge really an epistemic achievement? Is it plausible that there is a uniform explanation of all distinctively first-personal self-knowledge?
Subjects
self-knowledge
Ludwig Wittgenstein
matter
consciousness
inner sense
Ryleanism
mind
transparency
reflection
introspection
perception
neo-expressivism
desire
emotion
intention
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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