Self-knowledge for humans / Quassim Cassam.

Humans are not model epistemic citizens. Our reasoning can be careless, our beliefs eccentric, and our desires irrational. Quassim Cassam develops a new account of self-knowledge which recognises this feature of human life. He argues that self-knowledge is a genuine cognitive achievement, and that s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cassam, Quassim (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Self-knowledge, Theory of. Human beings. Homo sapiens (species) PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body. PSYCHOLOGY > Personality. Human beings Self-knowledge, Theory of Zelfkennis.
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Table of Contents:

Homo philosophicus
The disparity
Substantial self-knowledge
Self-knowledge for philosophers
Reality check
Psychological rationalism
Normative rationalism
Predictably irrational?
Looking outwards
Looking inwards
Self-knowledge and inference
Knowing your evidence
Knowing yourself
Self-ignorance
The value of self-knowledge.

Self-knowledge for humans / Quassim Cassam.

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