Knowledge for humans, by quassim cassam oxford university press, 2014. He was previously knightbridge professor of philosophy at cambridge, and has also taught at oxford and university college london. In answering 3, cassam questions whether the stealthiness of an epistemic vice diminishes our responsibility for it. Buy self knowledge for humans by cassam, quassim isbn. Cassam is right in pointing out that most academic philosophers that discuss the issue of self knowledge focus on the first type while most other people probably feel like the the second type is of much more importance. Self knowledge download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Interview with professor quassim cassam the freethink tank. Self knowledge by quassim cassam, 9780198751168, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Selfknowledge knowledge of the self stanford encyclopedia.
Quassim cassam born 31 january 1961 is professor of philosophy at the university of warwick. On a more serious note, a couple of years ago i published a book called selfknowledge for humans. Selfignorance is not something to which human beings are immune. Rather than relying on the spatial quality of bodily sensations or proprioception, this argument exploits ones awareness of ones own perceptual states.
Here he argues that a persons ignorance of their vices is culpable even when their ignorance is caused by their vices. Buy a cheap copy of self knowledge book by quassim cassam. Draws on ideas from psychology, literature, and economics. This volume brings together some of the most important and influentia. Oxford bibliographies online research guide by quassim cassam available from rakuten kobo. Cassam subjects the notion of substantial self knowledge to conceptual scrutiny in order to determine what makes substantial self knowledge distinct from trivial self knowledge, and what makes it.
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of social work find reliable sources of informati. Selfknowledge edition 1 by quassim cassam 2900198751167. A final argument to show that self knowledge supports materialism, advanced by cassam 1997, uses a somewhat different approach. Buy selfknowledge for humans reprint by cassam, quassim isbn. It does include a lot of doctrineopinions about the 5 percenters and the nation of gods and earths, which i am not apart of either of those groups, but you would have to be a fool to say that some of the knowledge dropped in this book isnt relevant and makes sense. Know thyself free online course this completely free and online course is designed to be used in conjunction with know thyself.
In this book quassim cassam develops an account of self knowledge which tries to acknowledge and accommodate these aspects of our behaviour. Explores neglected types of self knowledge, including knowledge of our characters, values, and emotions. He rejects rationalist and other mainstream philosophicalaccounts of self knowledge on the grounds that, in more than one sense, they arent accounts of self knowledge for humans. Suppose you think of knowledge of your own character traits as an example of substantial selfknowledge, and lets suppose that kindness is one such trait. A ted talk on epistemic vices by quassim cassam is available here. Our beliefs can be eccentric, our desires irrational and our hopes hopelessly unrealistic. Jan 01, 2017 buy self knowledge for humans reprint by cassam, quassim isbn. Quassim cassam develops a new account of self knowledge which recognises.
Quassim cassam was born in mombasa, kenya, to a gujarati ismaili family. Self knowledge, gilbert ryle knowing ones own mind, donald davidson individualims and self knowledge, tyler burge self reference and self awareness, sydney shoemaker on the observability of the self, roderick m. Jul 21, 2017 quassim cassam was born in mombasa, kenya, and lived the early part of his life there, though he lived most of his adult life in the uk. Selfknowledge by quassim cassam, 9780198751168, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Quassim cassam is professor of philosophy, the university of warwick. Im a professor in the department of philosophy at warwick and the author of six books on a range of subjects, including selfknowledge. The possibility of knowledge by quassim cassam oxford university press, 2007. If trivial selfknowledge is special in some or all of these ways then it is markedly different from substantial selfknowledge, as well as knowledge of minds other than our own. Overconfidence, selfknowledge, and selfimprovement. One reason that charging others with epistemic vice tends to be politically ineffective is that they typically accuse the accuser of the very same vices. This book defends a form of inferentialism about self knowledge. He writes on self knowledge, perception, epistemic vices and topics in kantian epistemology. Our reasoning can be careless and uncritical, and our beliefs, desires, and other attitudes arent always as they ought rationally to be. Aug 21, 2019 further, cassam argues, selfknowledge is no guarantee of selfimprovement.
One is to critique what quassim cassam calls rationalism about selfknowledge. Buy selfknowledge for humans by cassam, quassim isbn. This volume brings together some of the most important and influential recent writings on knowledge of oneself and of ones own thoughts, sensations, and. The books signal virtue is its unwavering insistence that philosophical views about selfknowledge should be judged by their fidelity to what selfknowledge actually is. In this book quassim cassam develops an account of selfknowledge which tries to do justice.
He rejects rationalist and other mainstream philosophical accounts of self knowledge on the grounds that, in more than one sense, they arent accounts of selfknowledge for humans. This is the view, associated especially with richard moran 2001, that the primary way one knows what one believes or wants, or hopes is by reflecting on what one ought rationally to believe or want, or hope. Cassam on selfknowledge for humans the harvard community has made this article openly available. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Oct 16, 2015 this is an example of what ian kidd forthcoming calls vicecharging. That being said, many of the articles are not written for the average public. He rejects rationalist and other mainstream philosophical accounts of self knowledge on the grounds that, in more than one sense, they arent accounts of self knowledge for humans. Sep 06, 2019 quassim cassam is professor of philosophy at the university of warwick. One is to critique what quassim cassam calls rationalism about self knowledge. In this book quassim cassam develops an account of self knowledge which tries to do justice to these and other respects in which humans arent model epistemic citizens. The disparity and its relation to rationalism constitute the bulk of the book s first half. Explores neglected types of selfknowledge, including. Rationalism about selfknowledge, of the kind elaborated and defended by writers such as moran and boyle, is an account of.
A particular virtue of the book is its unwavering insistence that philosophical views about selfknowledge must be judged by their fidelity to what selfknowledge actually is. Ambitious original work from a leading philosopher. Each week the books author talks you through some of the central issues relating to selfknowledge including the unconscious, the value of the examined life, wisdom, the. Written in an unusually clear and accessible style. His forthcoming book, vices of the mind, will soon be out with oxford university press. Doc a beginners guide to selfknowledge quassim cassam. This volume brings together some of the most important and influential recent writings on knowledge of oneself and of ones own thoughts, sensations, and experiences. On selfknowledge and the difference between academic and.
Selfknowledge for humans the philosophical quarterly. You can find out more about his book, self knowledge for humans, here. Cassams book is cast as a rebuke to mainstream philosophical theorizing about self. Many of the ideas in this guide are explained in greater detail in my book self knowledge for humans, published by oxford university press in 2014. Cassam makes a very strong case against rationalism so understood. Quassim cassam quassim cassam im a professor in the department of philosophy at warwick and the author of six books on a range of subjects, including self knowledge, perception, intellectual vices and conspiracy theories. Inferences from behavioural and psychological evidence are a basic source of self knowledge for humans, including substantial self knowledge and knowledge of our own beliefs, desires, and other attitudes. Quassim cassam is a professor at warwick university. Mar 27, 2016 b substantial self knowledge on the other hand concerns knowledge about my own character, about my values, my aptitudes, etc. For a concrete illustration see the many hostile online comments in response to cassam 2015 i say more about this kind of selfignorance in chapter 14 of cassam. His first tenured job in philosophy was at oxford, where he taught for 18 years as a fellow of wadham college. He studied philosophy, politics and economics ppe at keble. He is the author of self and world 1997, the possibility of knowledge 2007, berkeleys puzzle.
Epistemic vices and conspiracy theories blog of the apa. Contributions include introduction by gilbert ryle, knowing ones own mind by donald davidson, individualism and self knowledge and introspection and the self by sydney shoemaker, on the observability of the self by roderick m. Cassam subjects the notion of substantial selfknowledge to conceptual scrutiny in order to determine what makes substantial selfknowledge distinct from trivial selfknowledge, and what makes it. Cassam also contributes to this field, advancing his own accounts of selfknowledges epistemology and value. His parents and grandparents were all born in kenya. In recent decades most philosophical accounts of selfknowledge in the tradition in which i work have concentrated on relatively trivial or easy selfknowledge. Selfknowledge for humans by quassim cassam 9780198776680. Critical notice of quassim cassam, selfknowledge for humans.
Quassim cassam humans are not model epistemic citizens. Quassim does research in epistemology, philosophy of mind, history of philosophy and applied philosophy. Armstrong introspection and the self, sydney shoemaker the first person, g. His great grandparents were born in gujarat, india, and emigrated to kenya in the 1890s. Our reasoning can be careless, our beliefs eccentric, and our desires irrational.