The acquisition of self-knowledge is often described as one of the main goals of philosophical inquiry. At the same time, some sort of self-knowledge is often regarded as a necessary condition of our being a human agent or human subject. Thus self-knowledge is taken to constitute both the beginning and the end of humans’ search for wisdom, and as such it is intricately bound up...(展开全部)

Is self-knowledge is a form of 'privileged access' limited to knowledge of one's mind? Is self-knowledge the same thing as introspection? How do I acquire self-knowledge in the first place? What is the relationship between self-knowledge and personal identity? The problem of self-knowledge is one of the most important of all philosophical puzzles and is closely connected to imp...(展开全部)

Is self-knowledge is a form of 'privileged access' limited to knowledge of one's mind? Is self-knowledge the same thing as introspection? How do I acquire self-knowledge in the first place? What is the relationship between self-knowledge and personal identity? The problem of self-knowledge is one of the most important of all philosophical puzzles and is closely connected to imp...(展开全部)

Human beings are not model epistemic citizens. Our reasoning can be careless and uncritical, and our beliefs, desires, and other attitudes aren't always as they ought rationally to be. Our beliefs can be eccentric, our desires irrational and our hopes hopelessly unrealistic. Our attitudes are influenced by a wide range of non-epistemic or non-rational factors, including our cha...(展开全部)

Human beings are not model epistemic citizens. Our reasoning can be careless and uncritical, and our beliefs, desires, and other attitudes aren't always as they ought rationally to be. Our beliefs can be eccentric, our desires irrational and our hopes hopelessly unrealistic. Our attitudes are influenced by a wide range of non-epistemic or non-rational factors, including our cha...(展开全部)

Since Socrates, and through Descartes to the present day, the problems of self-knowledge have been central to philosophy's understanding of itself. Today, the idea of "first-person authority" - the claim of a distinctive relation each person has toward his or her own mental life - has been challenged from a number of directions, to the point where many doubt the person bears an...(展开全部)

Since Socrates, and through Descartes to the present day, the problems of self-knowledge have been central to philosophy's understanding of itself. Today, the idea of "first-person authority" - the claim of a distinctive relation each person has toward his or her own mental life - has been challenged from a number of directions, to the point where many doubt the person bears an...(展开全部)

As the pre-eminent Enlightenment philosopher, Kant famously calls on allhumans to make up their own minds, independently from the constraintsimposed on them by others. Kant’s focus, however, is on universal humanreason, and he tells us little about what makes us individual persons. In thisbook, Katharina T. Kraus explores Kant’s distinctive account of psychological personhood b...(展开全部)