Confabulation, confidence, and introspection

Brian Fiala; Shaun Nichols

doi:10.1017/S0140525X09000624

Confabulation, confidence, and introspection

Brian Fiala, Shaun Nichols

Philosophy

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Abstract

Carruthers' arguments depend on a tenuous interpretation of cases from the confabulation literature. Specifically, Carruthers maintains that cases of confabulation are "subjectively indistinguishable" from cases of alleged introspection. However, in typical cases of confabulation, the self-attributions are characterized by low confidence, in contrast to cases of alleged introspection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	144-145
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09000624
State	Published - 2009

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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