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Basic self-knowledge and transparency.

Cristina Borgoni¹

¹Department of Philosophy, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26/V, Graz, 8010 Austria.

|February 2, 2018

Summary

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This study examines transparency models for self-knowledge, specifically their ability to explain authoritative judgments about one's own thoughts. The findings indicate that transparency procedures cannot adequately account for the unique nature of cogito-like judgments.

Keywords:

Basic self-knowledge Cogito judgment Privileged self-knowledge Transparency model

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Area of Science:

Philosophy of Mind
Epistemology
Cognitive Science

Background:

Cogito-like judgments, such as 'I am now thinking,' are formed authoritatively, not empirically.
These judgments involve privileged self-knowledge of one's own mental states.
Existing models of self-knowledge must explain this special self-knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine if transparency models of self-knowledge can explain the authoritative nature of cogito-like judgments.
To assess if the transparency procedure accounts for privileged self-knowledge in these judgments.

Main Methods:

Analysis of transparency models of self-knowledge, drawing on Evans (1982).
Examination of whether the transparency procedure can generate the specific type of thought characteristic of cogito judgments.

Main Results:

The transparency procedure, as applied to self-knowledge, cannot generate the type of thought constitutive of cogito judgments.
Transparency models fail to explain the authoritative basis of cogito-like judgments.

Conclusions:

Transparency models are insufficient for explaining the privileged self-knowledge inherent in cogito judgments.
Further development of self-knowledge models is needed to account for authoritative self-ascription.