| I defend a Constitutivist account of self-knowledge of the intentional attitudes consisting of two claims. First, for a class of self-beliefs, believing that you are in a mental state guarantees being in that state. Second, for a class of mental states, being in that state can be a source of knowledge that you are in it. The first thesis must be accepted in order to explain unique features of self-knowledge including its value, the roles it plays in reasoning, and the way in which it enables self-expression. The second thesis must be accepted in order to maintain the view that in inference a subject takes it that her premises support her conclusion. |
