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Excerpt from Psychological Review, Vol. 4
My statement that I am concerned with the self as knower and not directly with the empirical self commonly said to be known' needs a word Of explanation, and this I may insert here, though I think my meaning will be made sufficiently clear during the course Of my address. I am interested in the ques tion Of what knowledge means in psychology, and I discuss the self as the accepted subject of the act of knowing. Of course, any light which may be cast on the nature of knowledge will help to make clear what is meant by speaking of anything as known,' and will help us to a better comprehension Of the em pirical' self in so far as it is a something known. Moreover, since the self as knower and the self as known have been and are generally very loosely distinguished from one another and even declared identical, it will be impossible for me to confine myself strictly to the self as knower. I must take the self as I find it, vague, ambiguous, inconsistent, and must simply try to come to some conclusion about its knowing' function.
SO much for my aim. I shall try to remain so far as possi ble on psychological ground in my discussion, although the matter is, as I have said, also of interest to the epistemologist. One approaches such a theme, in the presence Of this critical audience, with a certain reverent hesitation, and would gladly pour out a libation, praying, as did Plotinus, for the gift Of cor rect discernment.
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My statement that I am concerned with the self as knower and not directly with the empirical self commonly said to be known' needs a word Of explanation, and this I may insert here, though I think my meaning will be made sufficiently clear during the course Of my address. I am interested in the ques tion Of what knowledge means in psychology, and I discuss the self as the accepted subject of the act of knowing. Of course, any light which may be cast on the nature of knowledge will help to make clear what is meant by speaking of anything as known,' and will help us to a better comprehension Of the em pirical' self in so far as it is a something known. Moreover, since the self as knower and the self as known have been and are generally very loosely distinguished from one another and even declared identical, it will be impossible for me to confine myself strictly to the self as knower. I must take the self as I find it, vague, ambiguous, inconsistent, and must simply try to come to some conclusion about its knowing' function.
SO much for my aim. I shall try to remain so far as possi ble on psychological ground in my discussion, although the matter is, as I have said, also of interest to the epistemologist. One approaches such a theme, in the presence Of this critical audience, with a certain reverent hesitation, and would gladly pour out a libation, praying, as did Plotinus, for the gift Of cor rect discernment.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author(s) - American Psychological Association
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ISBN - 9781330446188
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Page Count - 709
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