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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0140-525X 1469-1825 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X09000636 |