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Voicing Identities

The Uses of Inner Speech for Self-Understanding
  • Francesco Fanti Rovetta
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2025
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Epistemic Studies
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Volume 53 | Epistemic Studies

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We are often asked to describe ourselves. In response, one might propose a few adjectives, or possibly even a brief account of how they became the person they are today. How we develop such self-understanding is a complicated matter involving various cognitive and social processes. Fanti Rovetta contributes to the comprehension of these processes by exploring the role of inner speech, or verbal thought, in self-understanding. Drawing from sociolinguistics, he proposes and applies a novel theoretical framework, a situated approach to inner speech, which emphasizes individual variation, and suggests that each person has a style of inner speaking. Such style of inner speaking constrains the linguistic hermeneutic resources a person can access in thinking about themselves and in making sense of their experiences. Additionally, he investigates the role of inner speech in narrative thinking and in verbal rumination, which are two key mental phenomena related to self-understanding. Throughout the book, the approach adopted is multidisciplinary, integrating philosophical discussion with recent developments in cognitive science, psychology, and linguistics.

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Francesco Fanti Rovetta, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

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1 Introduction

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2 Self-Knowledge and Self-Understanding

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3 A Situated Account of Inner Speech

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4 Narratives: Out There and in the Head

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5 Verbal Rumination as Perspectival Entrenchment

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6 Conclusion and Outlook

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Bibliography

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Subject Index

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Author Index

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111555904
eBook ISBN: 9783111555904
Hardcover ISBN: 9783111555379
Keywords for this book
Identity; self-knowledge; inner speech; philosophy of mind
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Scholars and students in the fields of philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, linguistics and cognitive science
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