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- Title
Demystifying the Theory of the Unity of Knower and Known: A Comparative Study of the Views of Ṣadrā and Shoemaker Regarding Self-Knowledge.
- Authors
Sarkarpour, Zahra; Khazaei, Zahra
- Abstract
Mullā Ṣadrā explains self-knowledge through the notion of knowledge-by-presence, which refers to the immediate presence of the known before the knower. A puzzling component of this view is his idea that knower and known have a relationship of unity with one another. Reflection on Sydney Shoemaker's account of self-knowledge can help us uncover Ṣadrā's motivation for this puzzling idea. We show that Ṣadrā was motivated by his awareness of the concept of self-blindness, a notion introduced into contemporary philosophy by Shoemaker.
- Subjects
SHOEMAKERS; THEORY of self-knowledge; BLINDNESS; AWARENESS; MOTIVATION (Psychology)
- Publication
Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, 2023, Vol 62, Issue 3, p569
- ISSN
0012-2173
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0012217323000082