First-Person Authority and Self-Knowledge as an Achievement

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2009

Author

Corbi, Josep E.

Journal

European Journal of Philosophy

Volume

18

Number

3

Pages

325-362

Language

English

Keywords

attention
gravity
Moran, Richard

Annotation

Corbi draws on Weil's notions of attention and gravity to develop an alternative model to that put forward by Richard Moran, of the relationship between first-person authority and self-knowledge. Corbi specifically focuses on the role of their relationship in successful psychoanalytic therapy.