Self-Evaluation: Affective and Social Grounds of Intentionality

291 Pages·2011·2.39 MB·English

by  Anita Konzelmann Ziv (auth.)

Self-Evaluation
PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES SERIES
VOLUME116
FoundedbyWilfridS.SellarsandKeithLehrer
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StephenHetherington,TheUniversityofNewSouthWales,Sydney,Australia
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KeithLehrer,UniversityofArizona,Tucson,AZ,U.S.A.
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Anita Konzelmann Ziv Keith Lehrer
Hans Bernhard Schmid
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Self-Evaluation
Affective and Social Grounds of Intentionality
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Dr.AnitaKonzelmannZiv Prof.KeithLehrer
UniversityofGeneva UniversityofArizona
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Switzerland USA
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Prof.Dr.HansBernhardSchmid
UniversityofBasel
DepartmentofPhilosophy
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Editorial
Self-evaluation is a term recently reassessed in academic philosophy by the joint
effortsoftwoSwissresearchteams.Thetopicwaslaunchedontheoccasionofthe
workshop “Self-Evaluation – Individual and Collective”, held in Basel in January
2009.Theaimoftheworkshopwastoopennewapproachesforinvestigatingtradi-
tionalquestionssuchasthescopeandpurposeofself-knowledge,theinterrelation
between the social and the individual person, and the significance of emotional
appraisal. The scientific added value created by a perspective that shifts the focus
from “self-knowledge” to “self-evaluation” is threefold: (i) the wider extension of
theconceptofself-evaluationallowsabroaderperspectiveonthestructureofper-
sonal reflexivity; (ii) the notion of self-evaluation implies a matrix of values, and
insofarasvaluationsimplyasocialcontext,thebroadenedperspectiveonpersonal
reflexivityincorporatessocialrelations;(iii)sinceaffectivestatesandattitudesplay
acrucialroleinthedetectionandrecognitionofvalues,thebroadenedperspective
on personal reflexivity incorporates affective assessment. In short, self-evaluation
is a conception of personal reflexivity which incorporates sociality and affectivity.
Thatthisapproachismorethanpromisingwasconfirmedbypositiveresponsesof
leading philosophers in the respective fields of research. The initial exchange of
ideas on the occasion of the workshop led to deepened discussions on the topic
whicheventuallymaterializedinthepresentvolume.
The workshop in Basel was jointly organized by the research group
CollectiveIntentionality–PhenomenologicalPerspectives,hostedatthePhilosophy
DepartmentoftheUniversityofBasel,andtheresearchgroup“Thumos”–Emotion,
Values and Norms, hosted at the Philosophy Department of the University of
Geneva. We would like to express our gratitude to the Swiss National Science
Foundation, the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, the Freiwillige Akademische
Gesellschaft Basel and the University of Basel for their generous support of
the workshop and the research leading to this volume on the philosophy of
self-evaluation.
BaselandGeneva
October2010
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Contents
1 Self-Evaluation–PhilosophicalPerspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
AnitaKonzelmannZiv
PartI EvaluativeandSelf-EvaluativeAttitudes
2 HowtoHaveSelf-DirectedAttitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
LynneRudderBaker
3 Interpretation, Cause, and Avowal: On the Evaluative
DimensionofSelfhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
AxelSeemann
4 WhoDoYou Think You Are? The How–What Theory
ofCharacterandPersonality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
FedericoLauriaandAlainPé-Curto
PartII Self-EvaluationandRationality
5 Self-EvaluationandtheEndsofExistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
CarolRovane
6 Self-EvaluationandAction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
JulietteGloor
7 Self-TrustandSocialTruth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
KeithLehrer
PartIII Self-EvaluativeEmotions
8 SentimentalismandSelf-DirectedEmotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
JessePrinz
9 PsychopathicResentment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
JohnDeigh
10 Self-Knowledge,KnowledgeofOthers,and“thethingcalledlove” 171
EdwardHarcourt
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11 IsShameaSocialEmotion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
JulienDeonnaandFabriceTeroni
PartIV EvaluatingtheSocialSelf
12 FeelingUptoIt–TheSenseofAbilityinthePhenomenology
ofAction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
HansBernhardSchmid
13 Self-EvaluationinIntention:IndividualandShared . . . . . . . . 237
LilianO’Brien
14 WhereIndividualsMeetSociety:TheCollectiveDimensions
ofSelf-EvaluationandSelf-Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
UllaSchmid
AbouttheAuthors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Contributors
LynneRudderBaker DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofMassachusetts,
Amherst,MA,USA,[email protected]
JohnDeigh DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofTexas,Austin,TX,USA,
[email protected]
JulienDeonna DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofGeneva,Geneva,
Switzerland,[email protected]
JulietteGloor DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofBasel,Basel,
Switzerland,[email protected]
EdwardHarcourt FacultyofPhilosophy,OxfordUniversity,andKebleCollege,
Oxford,UK,[email protected]
AnitaKonzelmannZiv DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofGeneva,
Geneva,Switzerland,[email protected]
FedericoLauria DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofGeneva,Geneva,
Switzerland;DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofFribourg,Fribourg,
Switzerland,[email protected]
KeithLehrer DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofArizona,Tucson,AZ,
USA;DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofMiami,CoralGables,FL,USA,
[email protected]
LilianO’Brien DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityCollegeCork,Cork,
Ireland,[email protected]
AlainPé-Curto DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofGeneva,Geneva,
Switzerland;DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofFribourg,Fribourg,
Switzerland,[email protected]
JessePrinz DepartmentofPhilosophy,TheGraduateCenter,CityUniversity,
NewYork,NY,USA;DepartmentofPhilosophy,TheUniversityofNorth
Carolina,ChapelHill,NC,USA,[email protected]
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