Self-knowledge for humans
Humans are not model epistemic citizens. Our reasoning can be careless, our beliefs eccentric, and our desires irrational. Quassim Cassam develops a new account of self-knowledge which recognises this feature of human life. He argues that self-knowledge is a genuine cognitive achievement, and that self-ignorance is almost always on the cards.
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- Full title :Self-knowledge for humans / Quassim Cassam.
Summary
Humans are not model epistemic citizens. Our reasoning can be careless, our beliefs eccentric, and our desires irrational. Quassim Cassam develops a new account of self-knowledge which recognises this feature of human life. He argues that self-knowledge is a genuine cognitive achievement, and that self-ignorance is almost always on the cards.
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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191793110, 0191793116, 0199657572, 9780199657575, 9780191631870, 0191631876
- oclc:ocn902922188
- LC Classification:BD438.5
- Dewey Decimal:126
Table of Contents
Homo philosophicus -- The disparity -- Substantial self-knowledge -- Self-knowledge for philosophers -- Reality check -- Psychological rationalism -- Normative rationalism -- Predictably irrational? -- Looking outwards -- Looking inwards -- Self-knowledge and inference -- Knowing your evidence -- Knowing yourself -- Self-ignorance -- The value of self-knowledge.
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