Matt Duncan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3873233 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matt Duncan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matt |
| FAMILY NAME | Duncan |
| SIGNATURE | DUNCAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Providence College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4264-0236 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
We Are Not Self Made
A New Acquaintance Theory of Introspection
According to the acquaintance theory of introspection, certain special features of our knowledge of our own minds are grounded in our acquaintance with—that is, direct awareness of—our minds. The acquaintance theory is ancient, but it began to take a new shape in the 20th century. It has since become one of the leading theories of introspection. But, more recently, some philosophers have started thinking differently about what knowledge by acquai…
Consciousness as a cross-temporal tapestry
Animalists on the run
The animalist population has swelled since they introduced their thesis – we are animals – within the personal identity debate a few decades ago. Now they're a dominant force in the debate. However, more recently, their thesis has fallen prey to attacks. For example, I [Duncan, Matt. 2021. "Animalism is Either False or Uninteresting (Perhaps Both)." American Philosophical Quarterly 58 (no. 2): 187–200.] argue that, depending on how it is understo…
How You Know You’re Conscious: Illusionism and Knowledge of Things
Reasoning with knowledge of things
When we experience the world – see, hear, feel, taste, or smell things – we gain all sorts of knowledge about the things around us. And this knowledge figures heavily in our reasoning about the world – about what to think and do in response to it. But what is the nature of this knowledge? On one commonly held view, all knowledge is constituted by beliefs in propositions. But in this paper I argue against this view. I argue that some knowledge is …
Externalists Should Be Sense-Datum Theorists
One increasingly popular view in the philosophy of perception is externalism about sensible qualities, according to which sensible qualities such as colors, smells, tastes, and textures are features, not of our minds, but of mind-independent, external objects in the world. The primary motivation for this view is that perceptual experience seems to be transparent —that is, when we attend to sensible qualities, it seems like what we are attending t…
Teaching & Learning Guide for: Acquaintance
Acquaintance
To be acquainted with something (in the philosophical sense of "acquainted" discussed here) is to be directly aware of it. The idea that we are acquainted with certain things we experience has been discussed throughout the history of Western Philosophy, but in the early 20th century it gained especially focused attention among analytic philosophers who drew their inspiration from Bertrand Russell's work on acquaintance. Since then, many philosoph…
Knowledge of things
Propositions are not Simple
Knowledge of things
Acquaintance
To be acquainted with something (in the philosophical sense of "acquainted" discussed here) is to be directly aware of it. The idea that we are acquainted with certain things we experience has been discussed throughout the history of Western Philosophy, but in the early 20th century it gained especially focused attention among analytic philosophers who drew their inspiration from Bertrand Russell's work on acquaintance. Since then, many philosoph…
Propositions are not Simple
Propositions are not Simple
Knowledge of things
Acquaintance
To be acquainted with something (in the philosophical sense of "acquainted" discussed here) is to be directly aware of it. The idea that we are acquainted with certain things we experience has been discussed throughout the history of Western Philosophy, but in the early 20th century it gained especially focused attention among analytic philosophers who drew their inspiration from Bertrand Russell's work on acquaintance. Since then, many philosoph…
Externalists Should Be Sense-Datum Theorists
One increasingly popular view in the philosophy of perception is externalism about sensible qualities, according to which sensible qualities such as colors, smells, tastes, and textures are features, not of our minds, but of mind-independent, external objects in the world. The primary motivation for this view is that perceptual experience seems to be transparent —that is, when we attend to sensible qualities, it seems like what we are attending t…
Teaching & Learning Guide for: Acquaintance
How You Know You’re Conscious: Illusionism and Knowledge of Things
Reasoning with knowledge of things
When we experience the world – see, hear, feel, taste, or smell things – we gain all sorts of knowledge about the things around us. And this knowledge figures heavily in our reasoning about the world – about what to think and do in response to it. But what is the nature of this knowledge? On one commonly held view, all knowledge is constituted by beliefs in propositions. But in this paper I argue against this view. I argue that some knowledge is …
Animalists on the run
The animalist population has swelled since they introduced their thesis – we are animals – within the personal identity debate a few decades ago. Now they're a dominant force in the debate. However, more recently, their thesis has fallen prey to attacks. For example, I [Duncan, Matt. 2021. "Animalism is Either False or Uninteresting (Perhaps Both)." American Philosophical Quarterly 58 (no. 2): 187–200.] argue that, depending on how it is understo…
We Are Not Self Made
A New Acquaintance Theory of Introspection
According to the acquaintance theory of introspection, certain special features of our knowledge of our own minds are grounded in our acquaintance with—that is, direct awareness of—our minds. The acquaintance theory is ancient, but it began to take a new shape in the 20th century. It has since become one of the leading theories of introspection. But, more recently, some philosophers have started thinking differently about what knowledge by acquai…
Consciousness as a cross-temporal tapestry
Philosophy and Theoretical Science (10 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)