Greetings all,
This coming Monday, 1.00-2.30 in the philosophy common room Dominic
Murphy (USyd) will talk to us about "Memory, Introspection and
Cognition"
The following week is the Easter Break, and the next current projects
paper will be April 27, the following week, where Caroline West (Usyd)
will present.
Abstract
Since David Armstrong tried it in 1968, various philosophers have
sought to naturalise the idea of an 'inner sense' that is responsible
for introspective access to our beliefs and desires. I will start by
looking at two recent attempts to carry out this project - one by
Goldman and one by Stich and Nichols - and argue that they both fail,
for different reasons. Then I will analyse the reason for the failure
and suggest that they provide support for Gareth Evans' 1982 treatment
of belief self-ascription as simply deliberation about the world. I
will look at some of the objections to Evans' ideas and suggest how
they can be met. But in the end I'll acknowledge that if this approach
is correct, there really is no such thing as introspection at all.
See you all there...
Dr. Kristie Miller
University of Sydney Research Fellow
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and
The Centre for Time
The University of Sydney
Sydney Australia
Room 411, A 18
[email protected]
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Ph: 02 93569663
http://homepage.mac.com/centre.for.time/KristieMiller/Kristie/Home_Page.html
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