Lucy O'Brien

Self-Knowing Agents

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Produktbeschreibung

Lucy O'Brien argues that a satisfactory account of first-person reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. Clearly written, with rigorous discussion of rival views, this book will be of interest to anyone working in the philosophy of mind and action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780199592043
• ISBN-10: 0199592047
• Artikelnr.: 54550607

Autorenporträt

Lucy O'Brien is a Reader in Philosophy at University College London

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I.
1: Introduction
2: Arguments for the No-Reference View of 'I'
3: Perceptual Models of First Person Reference
4: The Self-Reference Rule
5: The Agency Account
6: Agent's Awareness and Knowledge of Our Mental Actions
Part II
7: Introduction
8: What are Actions?
9: On Knowing One's Own Physical Actions
10: Bodily Awareness
11: Bodily Awareness and Self-Knowledge