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Full Idea
It would be quite legitimate to claim that the outer senses are at least as important as introspection in the acquisition of self-knowledge.
Gist of Idea
Outer senses are as important as introspection in the acquisition of self-knowledge
Source
Quassim Cassam (Introduction to 'Self-Knowledge' [1994], §I)
Book Ref
'Self-Knowledge', ed/tr. Cassam,Quassim [OUP 1994], p.4
A Reaction
It is interesting to speculate about the extent to which a 'mind in a void' could have a personal identity. Experiences tend to be 'mine' because of my body, which has a history and a space-time location. But this doesn't make identity entirely cultural.
| 5673 | If we have a pain, we are strongly aware of the bodily self [Cassam] |
| 5670 | Knowledge of thoughts covers both their existence and their contents [Cassam] |
| 5671 | Outer senses are as important as introspection in the acquisition of self-knowledge [Cassam] |
| 5672 | Is there a mode of self-awareness that isn't perception, and could it give self-knowledge? [Cassam] |
| 5674 | We can't introspect ourselves as objects, because that would involve possible error [Cassam] |
| 5675 | Neither self-consciousness nor self-reference require self-knowledge [Cassam] |