The Authorship Claim on Self-Knowledge

LAWLER, DIEGO

University of Warwick, Reino Unido

Workshop; Workshop on Themes from John McDowell; 2007

Department of Philosophy, Warwick University (UK)

Richard Moran’s proposal in favour of the Authorship Theorists Position needs clarification. One way to begin with consists of identifying what issues it must face to be considered a plausible proposal in defence of this position. In what follows, I will present two basic issues. The first issue is an objection, which I will call the ‘Voluntariness Objection’. The second one is a question, which I will name the ‘Epistemic Question’.