Publications

Monograph

Musholt, K. (2015) Thinking about oneself: From nonconceptual content to the concept of a self. MIT Press.

Reviewed by Dan Zahavi in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Here is a series of blog posts discussing the book over at Brains.

Edited volumes

Williams, H. & Musholt, K. (2023) “Phenomenology and Explanation”, Special Issue Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.

Burgmer, P., Musholt, K. & Schneider, D. (2021) Spezialausgabe des InMind-Magazins zum Thema “Wie verstehen wir andere besser?”. Link

Crone, K., Musholt, K. & Strasser, A. (2012) “Facets of Self-Consciousness.“ Special Issue, Grazer Philosophische Studien 84. Link

Articles in journals and edited volumes

Musholt, K. (forthcoming). “Can we introspect the self?”, In: Giustina, A. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Introspection.

Musholt, K., Ronfard, S., Rottman, J., Porter, T., Baehr, J., Cimpian, A., Danovich, J., Davis, D., Harris, P., Keil, F., Mills, C., Ruggeri, A., Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (in press). “Developing Intellectual Humility: Questions, Dilemmas, and Future Directions”. Current Psychology.

Stommel, T., Musholt, K. & Dziabel, N. (2025). “Identität – Transformation – Behinderung: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Veränderungsprozesse und Identität in pädagogischen Zusammenhängen”, Vierteljahrsschrift für wissenschaftliche Pädagogik 101(3), pp. 397-412.

Musholt, K. (2025). “Mindshaping and Epistemic Agency”, In: Tison, R. & Zawidzski, T. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Mindshaping, pp. 243-253.

Musholt K. (2025). “Becoming who we are through affective engagement with others: Mindshaping, agency, and the epistemic role of the emotions”, In: Lang, S. & Niemeck, M. (ed.) Self and Affect: Philosophical Intersections. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 229-252. Link

Musholt, K. (2024). “‘Being-for-itself’ or ‘being-with-others’? On the relation between self-consciousness and intersubjectivity”. In: Philosophisches Jahrbuch, 131 (2), pp. 125-136. doi.org/10.5771/0031-8183-2024-2-125

Musholt K. (2024) “Liegt Altruismus in der menschlichen Natur?”, in. Kiesel, D., Schmidt, S., & Smettan, T. (Hg.) Altruismus: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven, Metzler Verlag. Download draft

Musholt, K. (2024) “Begriffliche und nicht-begriffliche Gehalte”, in: Rathgeb, N. & Hoffmann-Kols, V. (Hg.) Handbuch Philosophie des Geistes, Metzler Verlag. Link

Musholt, K. & Große-Wiesmann, C. (2024) “Developmental Neuroscience”, In: Heinzelmann, N. (ed.) Advances in Neurophilosophy, Bloomsbury Press. Link

Simmons, C., Helming, K., Musholt, K. & Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2023) “Where is the Golden Mean of Intellectual Humility? Comments on Ballantyne”. The Journal of Positive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2022.2155227

Musholt, K. (2022) “Implicit self-knowledge”, in: Thompson, R. (ed). Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Implicit Cognition. Link

Williams, H. & Musholt, K. (2022). “Reassessing the relationship between phenomenology and explanation: an introduction”, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences https://.doi.org/10.1007/s11097-022-09874-y

Berio, L. & Musholt, K. (2022). “How language shapes our minds: On the relationship between generics, stereotypes and social norms”. Mind and Language. https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12449

Bednarski, F., Musholt, K. & Grosse-Wiesmann, C. (2022) “Do infants have agency? – The importance of control for the study of early agency”. Developmental Review (64). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2022.101022

Hildebrandt, F. & Musholt, K. (2020) “Teaching Rationality – Sustained Shared Thinking as a means for learning to navigate the space of reasons”. Journal of Philosophy of Education. Link (Open Access)

Musholt, K. (2019) “From non-self-representationalism to the social structure of pre-reflective self-consciousness”, in: Borner, M., Frank, M. & Williford, K. (ed) Senses of Self. ProtoSociology 36, 243-263 Download paper

Carruthers, G. & Musholt, K. (2018) ” Ipseity at the intersection of phenomenology, psychiatry and philosophy of mind: Are we talking about the same thing?”. Review of Philosophy and Psychology. Link

Musholt, K. (2018) “Self and Others”. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 43(2), 136-145 Link

Hildebrandt, F. & Musholt, K. (2018) “Selbstbildung, Abrichtung oder Dialog: Wie kommen Kinder in den ‘Raum der Gründe’?”, in: Hebenstreit-Müller, S. & Hildebrandt, F. (Hg). Mit Kindern denken — Gespräche im Kita-Alltag. Dohrmann Verlag, 33-52

Musholt, K. (2018) “Prä-reflexives Selbstbewusstsein im Kontext von Kognitionswissenschaften: Vom impliziten zum expliziten Selbst”, in: Viertbauer, K. (Hg.) Präreflexives Selbstbewusstsein im Diskurs. Karl Alber Verlag

Musholt, K. (2017) “The personal and the subpersonal in the theory of mind debate”. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. doi:10.1007/s11097-017-9504-4 Link

Musholt, K. (2017) “Neurophilosophie”, in: Schürmann, E., Spanknebel, S., Wittwer, H. (Hg). Formen und Felder des Philosophierens. Karl Alber Verlag.

Cahen, A. & Musholt, K. (2016) “Perception, nonconceptual content, and immunity to error through misidentification”. Inquiry. doi: 10.1080/0020174X.2015.1122548. Download paper

Musholt, K. (2015) “Der Selbstbegriff in Philosophie, Neurowissenschaften und Psychiatrie — Zum Spannungsverhältnis von Naturalismus und Normativität.” In: Brücher, K. (Hg.) Selbstbestimmung. Parodos Verlag, Berlin.

Munro, E. & Musholt, K. (2014) “Neuroscience and the risks of maltreatment”. Children and Youth Services Review 47, pp. 18-26, doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.11.002 . Link

Felisberti, F. & Musholt, K. (2014) “Self-face recognition: Individual differences and discrepancies associated with mental self-face representation, attractiveness and self-esteem.” Psychology & Neuroscience 7 (2), pp. 65-72.

Musholt, K. (2013) “A philosophical perspective on the relation between cortical midline structures and the self”. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7, doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00536 Link (Open Access)

Musholt, K. (2013) “Self-consciousness and nonconceptual content.” Philosophical Studies 163 (3), pp. 649-672,  doi: 10.1007/s11098-011-9837-8 (Published online in 2011) Download Paper

Musholt, K. (2012) “Selbstbewusstsein als perspektivische Differenzierung”. Pädagogische Rundschau 66 (4), pp. 477-487. Download Preprint

Musholt, K. (2012) “Self-consciousness and intersubjectivity.”  Grazer Philosophische Studien 84, pp. 63-89. Download Preprint

Crone, K., Musholt, K. & Strasser, A. (2012) “Towards an integrated theory of self-consciousness.” Introduction to Special Issue on ‘Facets of Self-Consciousness’, Grazer Philosophische Studien 84, pp. v-xvi. Download Preprint

Musholt, K. (2012) “Concepts or Metacognition – what is the issue? Commentary on Stephane Savanah’s ‘Concept possession hypothesis of self-consciousness'” Consciousness and Cognition 21, pp. 721–722. Download paper

Musholt, K., Cirillo, G., Cavaliere, C., Bianco, M.R., Bock, J., Helmeke, C., Braun, K., & Papa, M. (2009) “Neonatal separation stress reduces glial fibrillary acidic protein- and S100β-immunoreactive astrocytes in the rat medial precentral cortex”. Developmental Neurobiology 69 (4), pp. 203-2011. Link

Northoff, G. & Musholt, K. (2006) “How can Searle avoid property dualism? Epistemic-ontological inference and autoepistemic limitation”. Philosophical Psychology 19 (5), pp. 589-605. Link

Musholt, K. & Northoff, G. (2006). “Können wir unser eigenes Gehirn als Gehirn erkennen?” In: Reichertz, J. and Zaboura, N. (Hg.) Akteur Gehirn – oder das vermeintliche Ende des handelnden Subjekts.

Book reviews

Musholt, K. (2025) Buchsprechung von “Inken Titz, Why Perspective Matters. The Epistemic Dimension of Right Action”, Philosophisches Jahrbuch 132(1), S. 173-175. doi.org/10.5771/0031-8183-2025-1-173

Musholt, K. (2021) Kurzrezension von “Über den Menschen” von Gerhard Roth, Forschung und Lehre

Musholt, K. (2016) Review of “Mind, Self and Person” by Anthony O’Hear (ed.), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2016.04.24 Link

Musholt, K. (2014). Review of “Immunity to Error through Misidentification” by Prosser, S. & Recanati, F. (eds). Mind 123 (492), 1228-1234.

Musholt, K. (2014). Review of “The Self in Question” by Andy Hamilton, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews  2014.07.21 Link

Musholt, K. (2013). Review of “Mind and Cosmos” by Thomas Nagel, Science  339 (6125), p. 1277. Link

Musholt, K. (2012). Review of “The things we do and why we do them” by Constantine Sandis, Times Higher Education. Link