# Self-Knowledge and "Inner Sense' Lecture I- The Object Perception Model **Opening (not a real abstract):** The general topic of these lectures is the nature of our "introspective" knowledge of our own mental states, and, in particular, the question of whether this knowledge should be thoughtof as involving a kind of perception, an "inner sense"-whether it is appropriatelyconceived on a perceptual or observational model. The knowledge I have in mind is not, as you perhaps hoped, the difficult-to-get knowledge that arises from successfully following the Socratic injunction "Know thyself"; it is the humdrumkind of knowledge that is expressed in such remarks as "It itches," "I'm hungry," "I don't want to," and "I'm bored." In calling this knowledge "introspective"I of course do not mean to be prejudging the question of whetherit is perceptualor quasi-perceptualin nature;as will become apparent, my own view is at odds with the answer to that question which the etymology of that term rathernaturallysuggests. **Authors:** [[SYDNEY SHOEMAKER]]