Expression and Self-Knowledge

Dorit Bar-On and Crispin Wright present their joint dissatisfaction with extant accounts of self-knowledge and engage in a critical debate over the merits of an expressivist approach. Bar-On defends her neo-expressivist account, addressing objections and presenting an alternative pluralist approach. The book offers valuable insights into a hotly debated topic in epistemology and philosophy of mind, presenting two different perspectives and a critical overview of existing accounts.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 12 October 2023
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Contemporary epistemologists and philosophers of mind continue to grapple with the enigmatic nature and origin of privileged self-knowledge, encompassing the ordinary and effortless 'first-person knowledge we possess of our own sensations, moods, emotions, beliefs, desires, and hopes. In their book, Expression and Self-Knowledge, Dorit Bar-On and Crispin Wright express their shared dissatisfaction with existing accounts of self-knowledge and engage in a rigorous and comprehensive critical debate over the merits of an expressivist approach to this topic. The authors incorporate cutting-edge research while presenting their own alternative perspectives to the so-called 'first-person privilege.'

Bar-On defends her neo-expressivist account, addressing the objection that neo-expressivism fails to provide an adequate epistemology of ordinary self-knowledge. She also responds to new objections raised by Wright. Subsequently, Wright presents an alternative pluralist approach, and Bar-On argues in response that pluralism encounters difficulties that neo-expressivism avoids. By presenting invaluable insights on a highly debated topic in epistemology and philosophy of mind, Expression and Self-Knowledge:

• Presents an in-depth debate between two leading philosophers over the expressivist approach.
• Offers novel developments and penetrating criticisms of the authors' respective views.
• Features two different perspectives on the influential remarks on expression and self-knowledge found in Wittgensteins later writings.
• Includes four jointly written chapters that provide a critical overview of prominent existing accounts, serving as a valuable advanced introduction to the subject.

Expression and Self-Knowledge is an essential read for anyone interested in exploring the complexities of self-knowledge and its philosophical implications.

Weight: 550g
Dimension: 151 x 230 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781118908471