Self-knowledge / by Brie Gertler.

In this outstanding introduction Brie Gertler assesses the leading theoretical approaches to self-knowledge, explaining the work of many of the key figures in the field: from Descartes and Kant, through to Bertrand Russell and Gareth Evans, as well as recent work by Tyler Burge, David Chalmers, Will...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gertler, Brie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:New problems of philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Historical background
  • The nature and scope of (purportedly) special self-knowledge
  • The acquaintance theory of self-knowledge
  • The inner sense theory of self-knowledge
  • The rationalist theory of self-knowledge
  • Awareness of the self
  • The dispute between empiricism and rationalism : a diagnosis.