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Transparent Minds
Jordi Fernandez
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Description for Transparent Minds
How do we know our current states of mind-what we want, and believe in? Jordi Fernandez proposes a new theory of self-knowledge, challenging the traditional view that it is a matter of introspection. He argues that we know what we believe and desire by 'looking outward', towards the states of affairs which those beliefs and desires are about. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
We all seem to be capable of telling what our current states of mind are. At any given moment, we know, for example, what we believe, and what we want. But how do we know that? In Transparent Minds, Jordi Fernández explains our knowledge of our own propositional attitudes. Drawing on the so-called 'transparency' of belief, he proposes that we attribute beliefs and desires to ourselves based on our grounds for those beliefs and desires. The book argues that this view explains our privileged access to those propositional attitudes. Three applications are drawn from the model of self-knowledge that emerges: ... Read more
We all seem to be capable of telling what our current states of mind are. At any given moment, we know, for example, what we believe, and what we want. But how do we know that? In Transparent Minds, Jordi Fernández explains our knowledge of our own propositional attitudes. Drawing on the so-called 'transparency' of belief, he proposes that we attribute beliefs and desires to ourselves based on our grounds for those beliefs and desires. The book argues that this view explains our privileged access to those propositional attitudes. Three applications are drawn from the model of self-knowledge that emerges: ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199664023
SKU
V9780199664023
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About Jordi Fernandez
Jordi Fernández is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide. His teaching and research interests are in philosophy of mind, epistemology and metaphysics.
Reviews for Transparent Minds
Few works on introspective self-knowledge cover as much ground as Jordi Fernández's Transparent Minds . . . Although Fernández has published quite a few papers on introspection, this book adds further argument, giving an even clearer, and more compelling, picture of his view. He has produced an enjoyable, stimulating contribution to the self-knowledge debate that is well worth reading.
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