Knowing Our Own Minds

Knowledge of one''s own sensations desires intentions thoughts beliefs and other attitudes is characteristically different from other kinds of knowledge: it has greater immediacy authority and salience. This volume offers a powerful and comprehensive look at current work on this topicfeaturing closely interlinked essays by leading figures in the field that examine philosophical questions raised by the distinctive character of self-knowledge relating it to knowledge of other minds to rationality and agency externalist theories of psychological content and knowledge oflanguage.