Year: 2003
Type: book-review
Abstract: Knowledge of our beliefsSelf-knowledge is not just another epistemic acquisition, like knowledge of trains or stamps.It is knowledge that lies at the core of our understanding of what it is to be, and what is important in being, a person.Just as fascinating as the centrality of selfknowledge is its fragility.Perhaps the central most notable achievement of Moran's book is the substance it gives to these truths.It provides a rich, illuminating and nuanced discussion of the character and role of self-knowledge.Moran's central conviction is that the special nature of self-knowledge depends upon
Source: European Journal of Philosophy
Author: Lucy O'Brien
Institution: University College London
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1984929324