ABSTRACT
So far, I have talked mainly about beliefs concerning things outside myself: the green field before me, the smell of roses in the air, the cold glass in my hand. But there is much that we believe about what is internal to us. I believe that I am thinking about self-knowledge, that I am imaging cool blue waters, and that I believe I am a conscientious citizen. In holding these three beliefs, I attribute rather different sorts of properties to myself: thinking, imaging, and believing. What sorts of properties – or at least phenomena – are they, and how do our beliefs about them give us justification and knowledge? For instance, are some of these self-directed beliefs the products of a kind of inner perception? This seems a natural view. If there is some truth in it, then exploring the analogy between outer perception and self-consciousness might help to explain how such beliefs are justified or constitute knowledge.
