"Introspection, 'the mind's eye,' assures us with the greatest confidence that it is the best, in some cases the only authority on how the mind works, because we all think it has direct, first person access to itself."
— Rosenberg, Alex (August 8, 1946)
Date
July 18, 2016
Metaphor
"Introspection, 'the mind's eye,' assures us with the greatest confidence that it is the best, in some cases the only authority on how the mind works, because we all think it has direct, first person access to itself."
Metaphor in Context
Introspection, "the mind's eye," assures us with the greatest confidence that it is the best, in some cases the only authority on how the mind works, because we all think it has direct, first person access to itself. We're all very confident that we just know what's going on in our own minds, from the inside, so to speak.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Alex Rosenberg, "Why You Don’t Know Your Own Mind," The New York Times (July 18, 2016). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
07/18/2016
