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The opacity of mind : an integrative theory of self-knowledge / Peter Carruthers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carruthers, Peter, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-knowledge, Theory of.
- Self (Philosophy).
- Cognitive psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 437 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Integrative theory of self-knowledge
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Do we have introspective access to our own thoughts? Peter Carruthers challenges the consensus that we do: he argues that access to our own thoughts is always interpretive, grounded in perceptual awareness and sensory imagery.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The mental transparency assumption
- The ISA theory: foundations and elaborations
- Transparent sensory access to attitudes?
- Transparent sensory access to affect
- Intermediate-strength transparent-access theories
- Inner sense theories
- Mindreading in mind
- Metacognition and control
- Dissociation data
- Self-interpretation and confabulation
- Conclusion and implications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [384]-418) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-968514-2
- 0-19-161888-8
- OCLC:
- 775504582
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