The Problem of Self-Knowledge

Описание: A talk given by Barry Smith a few years back on the nature of self-knowledge (i.e. knowledge of one's own inner states of mind) and some of the philosophical problems that arise. He discusses some of the main metaphysical and epistemological issues, especially in relation to knowledge of other minds and other kinds of knowledge. Among other things, he touches on the symmetries vs asymmetries, the Cartesian versus behaviorist conception, and issues of authority, objectivity, and skepticism, including Davidsonian interpretation, and even a bit on Wittgenstein's famous private language argument. This talk was given at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris back in 2005.

More on self-knowledge: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/se...

00:00 Start of Talk
06:18 Asymmetries
12:10 Authority
16:29 Symmetries
19:15 The Central Problem
23:22 Cartesianism vs Behaviorism
33:45 Inner Perceptual Model
35:55 Transparency
40:21 Consciousness
45:57 Publicity & Objectivity
50:53 Knowing Others: Davidson
57:24 Objectivity vs Authority
1:00:55 Insufficient Answers to Problem

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