The opacity of mind
Subtitle: an integrative theory of self-knowledge
By: Peter Carruthers
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780199596195
Subjects: Self (Philosophy); Self-knowledge, Theory of; Cognitive psychology
Description: Do we have introspective access to our own thoughts? Peter Carruthers challenges the consensus that we do: he argues that access to our own thoughts is always interpretive, grounded in perceptual awareness and sensory imagery.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-418) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The mental transparency assumption; title: The ISA theory: foundations and elaborations; title: Transparent sensory access to attitudes?; title: Transparent sensory access to affect; title: Intermediate-strength transparent-access theories; title: Inner sense theories; title: Mindreading in mind; title: Metacognition and control; title: Dissociation data; title: Self-interpretation and confabulation; title: Conclusion and implications.