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Full Idea
The idea of anti-individualism raised problems about self-knowledge. The question is whether anti-individualism is compatible with some sort of authoritative or privileged warrant for certain types of self-knowledge.
Gist of Idea
Anti-individualism may be incompatible with some sorts of self-knowledge
Source
Tyler Burge (Philosophy of Mind: 1950-2000 [2005], p.457)
Book Ref
Burge,Tyler: 'Foundations of the Mind' [OUP 2007], p.457
A Reaction
[See under 'Nature of Minds' for 'Anti-individualism'] The thought is that if your mind is not entirely in your head, you can no longer be an expert on it. It might go the other way: obviously we can be self-experts, so anti-individualism is wrong.
| 8126 | Anti-individualism says the environment is involved in the individuation of some mental states [Burge] |
| 8127 | Broad concepts suggest an extension of the mind into the environment (less computer-like) [Burge] |
| 8129 | Anti-individualism may be incompatible with some sorts of self-knowledge [Burge] |
| 8131 | Some qualities of experience, like blurred vision, have no function at all [Burge] |
| 8132 | We now have a much more sophisticated understanding of logical form in language [Burge] |