Dorit Bar-On
Biographic Data
| ID | 3741798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorit Bar-On |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorit |
| FAMILY NAME | Bar-On |
| SIGNATURE | BAR-ON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Transparent’ rules and basic self-knowledge
We provide a critical study of Alex Byrne's Transparency and Self-Knowledge. The study proceeds in three stages. First, we summarize the main features that, according to Byrne, any adequate account of basic self-knowledge should satisfy-namely, that the account should (i) explain the privilege (special epistemic security) and peculiarity (distinctive epistemic features) of basic self-knowledge, in a way that is (ii) economical (not positing any e…
Triangulation and the Beasts
Speaking My Mind
This book motivates and develops a novel view of avowals and self-knowledge that attempts to give systematic answers to standing questions concerning our ability to know our own minds. Drawing on resources from the philosophy of language, the theory of action, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind, the author offers original and systematic answers to these questions. She proposes a Neo-Expressivist view according to which an avowal is an act t…
Language, Concepts and Culture
Avowals and First-Person Privilege
When people avow their present feelings, sensations, thoughts, etc., they enjoy what may be called “first-person privilege.” If I now said: “I have a headache,” or “I'm thinking about Venice,” I would be taken at my word: I would normally not be challenged. According to one prominent approach, this privilege is due to a special epistemic access we have to our own present states of mind. On an alternative, deflationary approach the privilege merel…
Anti-realism and speaker knowledge
Indeterminacy of Translation--Theory and Practice
Indeterminacy of Translation--Theory and Practice
Avowals and First-Person Privilege
When people avow their present feelings, sensations, thoughts, etc., they enjoy what may be called “first-person privilege.” If I now said: “I have a headache,” or “I'm thinking about Venice,” I would be taken at my word: I would normally not be challenged. According to one prominent approach, this privilege is due to a special epistemic access we have to our own present states of mind. On an alternative, deflationary approach the privilege merel…
Anti-realism and speaker knowledge
Indeterminacy of Translation--Theory and Practice
Anti-realism and speaker knowledge
Avowals and First-Person Privilege
When people avow their present feelings, sensations, thoughts, etc., they enjoy what may be called “first-person privilege.” If I now said: “I have a headache,” or “I'm thinking about Venice,” I would be taken at my word: I would normally not be challenged. According to one prominent approach, this privilege is due to a special epistemic access we have to our own present states of mind. On an alternative, deflationary approach the privilege merel…
Speaking My Mind
This book motivates and develops a novel view of avowals and self-knowledge that attempts to give systematic answers to standing questions concerning our ability to know our own minds. Drawing on resources from the philosophy of language, the theory of action, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind, the author offers original and systematic answers to these questions. She proposes a Neo-Expressivist view according to which an avowal is an act t…
Language, Concepts and Culture
Triangulation and the Beasts
‘Transparent’ rules and basic self-knowledge
We provide a critical study of Alex Byrne's Transparency and Self-Knowledge. The study proceeds in three stages. First, we summarize the main features that, according to Byrne, any adequate account of basic self-knowledge should satisfy-namely, that the account should (i) explain the privilege (special epistemic security) and peculiarity (distinctive epistemic features) of basic self-knowledge, in a way that is (ii) economical (not positing any e…
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Self-knowledge (2 works)