badger comments on Open Thread: May 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 02 May 2009 12:06:22AM 0 points [-]

This is not very topical, but does anyone want to help me come up with a new term paper topic for my course on self-knowledge? My original one got shot down when it turned out that what I was really trying to defend was a hidden assumption that is unrelated to self-knowledge. Any interesting view I can defend or attack on the subject of introspection, reflection, self-awareness, etc. etc. has potential. Recommended reading is appreciated.

Comment author: badger 02 May 2009 12:23:23AM 2 points [-]

Someone mentioned Eric Schwitzgebel here recently, and if you didn't catch it, his papers might be of help. I'm currently reading "The Unreliability of Naïve Introspection", and it's very good so far.

Comment author: Alicorn 02 May 2009 12:27:58AM 1 point [-]

I was the person who mentioned Eric Schwitzgebel, and that paper is a reading we were assigned in class. I'd love to write something on him, but the trouble is that I just agree with him; that isn't enough for a five-page paper, let alone twenty.

Comment author: badger 02 May 2009 01:40:23AM 0 points [-]

Well, that's what I get for not verifying who mentioned him ^_^