Self-knowing agents / Lucy O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Lucy, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-knowledge, Theory of.

Agent (Philosophy).

Act (Philosophy).

Self-perception.

Awareness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 231 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covering a fascinating topic in the philosophy of mind and action, the author changes the focus of, and gives fresh momentum to, current discussions of self-identification and self-reference. Lucy O'Brien argues that a satisfactory account of first-person reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. She considers two main questions. First, what account of first-person reference can we give that respects the guaranteed nature of such reference? Second, what account can we give of our knowledge of our mental and physical actions? Clearly written, with rigorous discussion of rival views, this book will be of interest to anyone working in thephilosophy of mind and action.

Contents:

Arguments for the no-reference view of 'I'

Perceptual models of first-person reference

The self-reference rule

The agency account

Agent's awareness and knowledge of our mental actions

What are actions?

On knowing one's own actions

Bodily awareness

Bodily awareness and self-knowledge.

Notes:

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-226) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-161554-4

0-19-171863-7

9786611164218

1-4356-2260-X

1-281-16421-6

0-19-153211-8

OCLC:

184963469