Chapter 1 Affective Forecasting and Substantial Self-Knowledge
1. This chapter argues that our self-knowledge is often mediated by our affective self-knowledge. In other words, we often know about ourselves by knowing our own emotions. More precisely, what Cassam has called “substantial self-knowledge” (SSK), such as self-knowledge of one's character, one's va...
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| description | 1. This chapter argues that our self-knowledge is often mediated by our affective self-knowledge. In other words, we often know about ourselves by knowing our own emotions. More precisely, what
Cassam has called “substantial self-knowledge” (SSK), such as self-knowledge of one's character, one's values, or one's aptitudes, is mediated by affective forecasting, which is the process of
predicting one's emotional responses to possible situations. For instance, a person comes to know that she is courageous by predicting her own emotional reactions to possible risks and dangers.
This hypothesis explains why attaining substantive self-knowledge tends to be difficult. Attaining substantive self-knowledge is difficult because, first, SSK is mediated by affective forecasting and,
second, we tend to be wrong about predicting the intensity and duration of our own emotional reactions. As a result, we can identify what is common to central cases of SSK: such cases require
knowledge about complex dispositions whose manifestations involve affective responses that one is not sufficiently familiar with. One thus needs to resort to the highly fallible method of affective
forecasting. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-994012025-07-17T12:15:25Z Chapter 1 Affective Forecasting and Substantial Self-Knowledge Tooming, Uku Miyazono, Kengo Alba Montes Sánchez and Alessandro Salice thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTM Philosophy of mind thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTM Philosophy of mind 1. This chapter argues that our self-knowledge is often mediated by our affective self-knowledge. In other words, we often know about ourselves by knowing our own emotions. More precisely, what Cassam has called “substantial self-knowledge” (SSK), such as self-knowledge of one's character, one's values, or one's aptitudes, is mediated by affective forecasting, which is the process of predicting one's emotional responses to possible situations. For instance, a person comes to know that she is courageous by predicting her own emotional reactions to possible risks and dangers. This hypothesis explains why attaining substantive self-knowledge tends to be difficult. Attaining substantive self-knowledge is difficult because, first, SSK is mediated by affective forecasting and, second, we tend to be wrong about predicting the intensity and duration of our own emotional reactions. As a result, we can identify what is common to central cases of SSK: such cases require knowledge about complex dispositions whose manifestations involve affective responses that one is not sufficiently familiar with. One thus needs to resort to the highly fallible method of affective forecasting. 2023-04-18T10:56:44Z 2023-04-18T10:56:44Z 2023-04-06T08:39:29Z 2023 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62291 9781032317106 9781032317113 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99401 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62291/1/9781003310945_10.4324_9781003310945-1.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62291/1/9781003310945_10.4324_9781003310945-1.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62291/1/9781003310945_10.4324_9781003310945-1.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003310945-3 10.4324/9781003310945-3 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Emotional Self-Knowledge 9781032317106 9781032317113 Routledge 23 open access |
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