Rethinking Introspection - A Pluralist Approach to the First-Person Perspective (Hardcover)

We seem to have private privileged access to our own minds through introspection, but what exactly does this involve? Do we somehow literally perceive our own minds, as the common idea of a 'mind's eye' suggests, or are there other processes at work in our ability to know our own minds? "Rethinking Introspection" offers a new pluralist framework for understanding the nature, scope, and limits of introspection. The book argues that, contrary to common misconceptions, introspection does not consist of a single mechanism but rather a diverse range of mental states and cognitive processes with a broad spectrum of epistemic properties. Building upon this revised conception of introspection, the book illustrates and analyzes the variety of ways in which we introspectively grasp the contents of our own minds, from the immediate phenomenal knowledge generated by conscious experience to the self-deceptive possibilities enabled by certain kinds of inner speech.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	May 2013
Authors:	J. Butler
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-28037-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Promotions
LSN:	1-137-28037-9
Barcode:	9781137280374

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