Self-Knowing Agents
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: September 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780199261482
Subjects: Philosophy of mind; Epistemology; Mind & Body; Philosophy / Mind & Body; Philosophy; Act (Philosophy); Agent (Philosophy); Self-knowledge, Theory of
Description: "Lucy O'Brien argues that a satisfactory account of self-reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. She considers two main questions. First, what account should we give of first-person reference that will respect the guaranteed nature of such reference? Second, in virtue of what should we take certain judgements as judgements about oneself as a self? Clearly written, with discussion of rival views, this book will be of interest to anyone working in the philosophy of mind and action."--BOOK JACKET.