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Cover -- Introspection: First-person Access In Science And Agency -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Epigraph -- 1: Introspective Access And Introspective Method -- 1.1 The Basic Framework -- 1.1.1 The Reliability Of Introspective Access -- 1.1.2 The Reliability Of Introspective Methods -- 1.2 Calibration And Privacy -- 1.3 A Brief Outline Of The Book -- Part I: Introspective Inquiry: Introduction -- 2: The Problem Of Self-observation -- 2.1 Mill And James On The Problem Of Self-observation -- 2.2 Wundt On The Problem Of Self-observation 2.3 Gestalt Psychology And Phenomenological Method -- 2.4 Self-observation In Early Psychology -- 3: Varieties Of Introspective Methods In Introspectionist Psychology -- 3.1 The Method Of Systematic Introspection -- 3.2 Müller And The Methods Of Direct Introspection And Careful Retrospection -- 3.2.1 Müller's Critique Of Systematic Introspection -- 3.2.2 The Methods Of Restricted Inner Attention And Careful Retrospection -- 3.3 Wundt And The Method Of Controlled Inner Apprehension -- 3.3.1 Wundt's Critique Of Systematic Introspection -- 3.3.2 The Method Of Controlled Inner Apprehension 3.4 The Complexity Of Introspective Methods -- 4: The Problem Of Response Bias -- 4.1 A Methodological Challenge -- 4.2 Subjective And Objective Thresholds Of Perception -- 4.3 Response Bias And Subjective Report -- 4.4 The Distinction Between Objective And Subjective Measures Of Consciousness -- 5: Subjective Measures Of Consciousness -- 5.1 Confidence Ratings -- 5.2 Awareness Ratings -- 5.3 Subjective Access And Introspection -- 5.4 Common Sense And Metacognition -- 5.5 The Necessity Of Introspection In Consciousness Science -- 6: The Reliability Of Subjective Measures Of Consciousness 6.1 A Middle Ground Position -- 6.2 Global Versus Local Unreliability -- Part Ii: Introspective Kinds: Introduction -- 7: Introspective Access -- 7.1 Inner Attention -- 7.2 Inner Apprehension -- 7.3 Retrospection -- 7.4 The Basic Pictures And Empir