The Interpretive-Sensory Access Theory of Self-Knowledge: Empirical Adequacy and Scientific Fruitfulness
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Paulius Rimkevičius
Vilnius University, Lithuania
Published 2020-04-21
https://doi.org/10.15388/Problemos.97.12
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Keywords

self-knowledge
Peter Carruthers
interpretive-sensory access
empirical adequacy
scientific fruitfulness

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Rimkevičius, P. (2020) “The Interpretive-Sensory Access Theory of Self-Knowledge: Empirical Adequacy and Scientific Fruitfulness”, Problemos, 97, pp. 150–163. doi:10.15388/Problemos.97.12.

Abstract

The interpretive-sensory access theory of self-knowledge claims that we come to know our own minds by turning our capacities for knowing other minds onto ourselves. Peter Carruthers argues that two of the theory’s advantages are empirical adequacy and scientific fruitfulness: it leaves few of the old discoveries unexplained and makes new predictions that provide a framework for new discoveries. A decade has now passed since the theory’s introduction. I review the most important developments during this time period regarding the two criteria: whether the theory’s six main predictions were supported, and whether the theory’s predictions contributed to new empirical studies. I argue that the interpretive-sensory access theory of self-knowledge remains empirically adequate and scientifically fruitful.

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