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The Opacity of Mind - An Integrative Theory of Self-Knowledge (Paperback)
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The Opacity of Mind - An Integrative Theory of Self-Knowledge (Paperback)
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It is widely believed that people have privileged and authoritative
access to their own thoughts, and many theories have been proposed
to explain this supposed fact. The Opacity of Mind challenges the
consensus view and subjects the theories in question to critical
scrutiny, while showing that they are not protected against the
findings of cognitive science by belonging to a separate
'explanatory space'. The book argues that our access to our own
thoughts is almost always interpretive, grounded in perceptual
awareness of our own circumstances and behavior, together with our
own sensory imagery (including inner speech). In fact our access to
our own thoughts is no different in principle from our access to
the thoughts of other people, utilizing the conceptual and
inferential resources of the same 'mindreading' faculty, and
relying on many of the same sources of evidence. Peter Carruthers
proposes and defends the Interpretive Sensory-Access (ISA) theory
of self-knowledge. This is supported through comprehensive
examination of many different types of evidence from across
cognitive science, integrating a diverse set of findings into a
single well-articulated theory. One outcome is that there are
hardly any kinds of conscious thought. Another is that there is no
such thing as conscious agency. Written with Carruthers' usual
clarity and directness, this book will be essential reading for
philosophers interested in self-knowledge, consciousness, and
related areas of philosophy. It will also be of vital interest to
cognitive scientists, since it casts the existing data in a new
theoretical light. Moreover, the ISA theory makes many new
predictions while also suggesting constraints and controls that
should be placed on future experimental investigations of
self-knowledge.
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