Colloque - Transparency, Indexicality and Consciousness : A Moderate Proposal for Privileged Access

François Recanati

Philosophie du langage et de l'esprit

Collège de France

Année 2023-2024

Colloque - Transparency, Indexicality and Consciousness : A Moderate Proposal for Privileged Access

Colloque organisé par François Recanati, Professeur du Collège de France, chaire Philosophie du langage et de l'esprit

Intervenant(s)

Katalin Farkas, Central European University

I argue that there is good reason to deny that first person access to our conscious states is omniscient, infallible, incorrigible, or reveals their essence. Yet first person access is still privileged compared to third person access. In this talk, I explore the sense of this moderate privilege.