dc.contributor.advisor | Burch, Robert W. | |
dc.creator | Kabeshkin, Anton Sergeevich | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-16T15:57:21Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-16T20:31:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-07-16T15:57:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-07-16T20:31:45Z | |
dc.date.created | 2011-05 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-07-16 | |
dc.date.submitted | May 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9470 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this thesis I consider the problem of the distinctiveness of knowledge of our own mental states and attitudes. I consider four influential approaches to this problem: the epistemic approach, the "no reasons view," the neo-expressivist approach and the rational agency approach. I argue that all of them face serious problems. I further argue that many of these problems are connected with the lack of fine-grained enough classification of the entities with respect to which we have self-knowledge. I suggest such a classification, distinguishing passive occurrent mental states, mental actions and standing attitudes, and argue that we should treat each of these categories separately for the purpose of explaining self-knowledge of them. I discuss in detail self-knowledge we have with respect to two of these categories: standing attitudes and mental actions. On my account self-knowledge of standing attitudes stands in a derivative relation to self-knowledge of other kinds. In my discussion of self-knowledge of mental actions I establish that we have a distinctive non-observational kind of self-knowledge and show some specific characteristics of this kind of self-knowledge. In the end I attempt to relate self-knowledge of mental actions to practical knowledge in the ordinary sense of skill. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Self-Knowledge | en |
dc.subject | Philosophy of Mind | en |
dc.subject | Epistemology | en |
dc.subject | Mental Actions | en |
dc.subject | Neo-Expressivism | en |
dc.title | The Varieties of Self-Knowledge | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.department | Philosophy and Humanities | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | McMyler, Benjamin | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Smith, Steven | |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |