Carruthers and Constitutive Self-Knowledge

Authors

  • John C. Hill

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33043/S.6.1.71-78

Keywords:

philosophy, carruthers, self-knowledge

Abstract

In his recent book, The Opacity of Mind, Peter Carruthers advances a skeptical theory of self-knowledge, integrating results from experimental psychology and cognitive science.1 In this essay, I want to suggest that the situation is not quite as dire as Carruthers makes it out to be. I respond to Carruthers by advancing a constitutive theory of self-knowledge. I argue that self-knowledge, so understood, is not only compatible with the empirical research that Carruthers utilizes, but also helps to make sense of these results.

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Published

2013-09-17

How to Cite

Hill, J. C. (2013). Carruthers and Constitutive Self-Knowledge. Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 6(1), 71–78. https://doi.org/10.33043/S.6.1.71-78

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