RADICAL ENACTIVISM AND SELF-KNOWLEDGE
Kriterion: Revista de Filosofia September 1, 2018 DOI: 10.1590/0100-512x2018n14105gr (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 4 |
| Key points | Proposes that self-knowledge should be understood as an exercise of action-oriented and action-orienting abilities, offering a middle-ground between perceptual and rationalist models. |
Abstract
ABSTRACT I propose a middle-ground between a perceptual model of self-knowledge, according to which the objects of self-awareness (one's beliefs, desires, intentions and so on) are accessed through some kind of causal mechanism, and a rationalist model, according to which self-knowledge is constituted by one's rational agency. Through an analogy with the role of the exercises of sensorimotor abilities in rationally grounded perceptual knowledge, self-knowledge is construed as an exercise of action-oriented and action-orienting abilities. This view satisfies the privileged access condition usually associated with self-knowledge without entailing an insurmountable gap between self- knowledge and knowledge of other minds.