Precis of Authority and Estrangement: An Essay on Self-Knowledge

摘要: Authority and Estrangement addresses a set of questions about self-knowledge seeks to answer them in the context broader differences between first-person third-person perspectives on oneself. Attention these takes discussion from epistemology moral psychology, relate some issues contemporary philosophy mind concerns with self-consciousness post-Kantian thought. One question is simply: why should there be any at all how person knows his own he may know another person? Two such particular have attracted philosophical attention. First, can typically what believes or intends wants "immediately", that is, without appeal either behavioral evidence observations kind. Secondly, this independence appears contribute to, rather than detract from, authority which reports are delivered received. So book provide unified account immediacy ordinary special attitudes states mind. In I try for importance capacity self-knowledge, both rationality psychic health general. As progresses, becomes concerning could specifically first-personal access one's beliefs other attitudes, given not only way learning facts If knowledge matters various ways, it matter form (i.e., associated authority)? Chapter connects features position respect awareness state related difference made by characterization description Philosophers sometimes claimed person's charac-