Concept information
Preferred term
self-knowledge
Definition
- Self-knowledge is the characteristically human ability of knowing one's own mental states—such as sensations, perceptions, emotions, and propositional attitudes. The following will survey the main philosophical and psychological accounts of self-knowledge proposed in recent years. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Mind; Self-Knowledge]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/self-knowledge
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