Why transparency undermines economy

Derek Clayton BAKER

doi:10.1007/s11229-015-0700-x

Why transparency undermines economy

Derek Clayton BAKER

Department of Philosophy

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Abstract

Byrne (Philos Top 33:79–104, 2005; Self-knowledge, 2011a; Consciousness of the self: new essays, 2011b; Proc Aristot Soc Suppl Vol 85:201–219, 2011c; Introspection and consciousnes, 2012) offers a novel interpretation of the idea that the mind is transparent to its possessor, and that one knows one’s own mind by looking out at the world. This paper argues that his (Byrne, Proc Aristot Soc Suppl Vol 85:201–219, 2011c; Introspection and consciousnes, 2012) attempts to extend this picture of self-knowledge force him to sacrifice the theoretical parsimony he presents as the primary virtue of his account. The paper concludes by discussing two general problems transparency accounts of self-knowledge must address.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3037-3050
Number of pages	14
Journal	Synthese
Volume	192
Issue number	9
Early online date	24 Feb 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0700-x
Publication status	Published - Oct 2015

Bibliographical note

The research in this paper was substantially funded by a grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. LU342612).

Keywords

Self-knowledge
Inference rules
Perception
Intention
Alex Byrne

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