The validity of first-person descriptions as authenticity and coherence

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 10-12, 2009, Pages 363-404

  Petitmengin, Claire ^a   Bitbol, Michel ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

Author keywords

Awareness; Consciousness; Description; Epistemology; Experience; Explicitation; First person; Introspection; Methodology; Phenomenology; Pre reflective consciousness; Reliability; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449120041     PISSN: 13558250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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