How we know our conscious minds: Introspective access to conscious thoughts

Carruthers considers and rejects a mixed position according to which we have interpretative access to unconscious thoughts, but introspective access to conscious ones. I argue that this is too hasty. Given a two-level view of the mind, we can, and should, accept the mixed position, and we can do so...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2009-04, Vol.32 (2), p.145-146
1. Verfasser: Frankish, Keith
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Zusammenfassung:Carruthers considers and rejects a mixed position according to which we have interpretative access to unconscious thoughts, but introspective access to conscious ones. I argue that this is too hasty. Given a two-level view of the mind, we can, and should, accept the mixed position, and we can do so without positing additional introspective mechanisms beyond those Carruthers already recognizes.
ISSN:0140-525X
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DOI:10.1017/S0140525X09000636