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Self-Knowledge Quassim Cassam (Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Wadham College, Oxford)

Self-Knowledge By Quassim Cassam (Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Wadham College, Oxford)

Summary

This volume brings together some of the most important and influential recent writings on knowledge of oneself and of one's own thoughts, sensations, and experiences. The essays give valuable insights into such fundamental philosophical issues as personal identity, the nature of consciousness, mind-body dualism, and knowledge of other minds.

Self-Knowledge Summary

Self-Knowledge by Quassim Cassam (Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Wadham College, Oxford)

This volume brings together some of the most important and influential recent writings on knowledge of oneself and of one's own thoughts, sensations, and experiences. The essays give valuable insights into such fundamental philosophical issues as personal identity, the nature of consciousness, the relation between mind and body, and knowledge of other minds.

Self-Knowledge Reviews

A short summary cannot do justice to the richness and subtlety of Cassam's discussion, or to the clarity, carefulness and fair-mindedness with which he argues his case. * Times Literary Supplement *

Table of Contents

Introduction ; 1. Self-Knowledge ; 2. Knowing One's Own Mind ; 3. Individualims and Self-Knowledge ; 4. Self-Reference and Self-Awareness ; 5. On the Observability of the Self ; 6. Introspection ; 7. Introspection and the Self ; 8. The First Person ; 9. On the Phenomeno-Logic of the I ; 10. The Problem of the Essential Indexical ; 11. Self-Identification ; 12. The First PersonDSand Others

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GOR003811233
9780198751168
0198751168
Self-Knowledge by Quassim Cassam (Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Wadham College, Oxford)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1994-01-13
226
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