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Full Idea
The key questions are: can one be introspectively aware of oneself other than through an inner sense, and, if there is a non-perceptual mode of introspective self-awareness, can it be the ground or basis of one's self-knowledge?
Gist of Idea
Is there a mode of self-awareness that isn't perception, and could it give self-knowledge?
Source
Quassim Cassam (Introduction to 'Self-Knowledge' [1994], §I)
Book Ref
'Self-Knowledge', ed/tr. Cassam,Quassim [OUP 1994], p.7
A Reaction
Perception would involve a controlled attempt to experience a separate object. The other mode would presumably be more direct. The question boils down to 'is there an object which introspection can attempt to perceive?' Good question.
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] |