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In this book, Jose Luis Bermudez addesses two fundamental problems in the philosophy and psychology of self-consciousness: (1) Can we provide a noncircular account of fully fledged self-conscious thought and language in terms of more fundamental capacities? (2) Can we explain how fully fledged self-conscious thought and language can arise in the normal course of human development? Bermudez argues that a paradox (the paradox of self-consciousness) arises from the apparent strict interdependence between self-conscious thought and linguistic self-reference. The paradox renders circular all theories that define self-consciousness in terms of linguistic mastery of the first-person pronoun. It seems to follow from the paradox of self-consciousness that no such account or explanation can be given. Drawing on recent work in empirical psychology and philosophy, the author argues that any explanation of fully fledged self-consciousness that answers these two questions requires attention to primitive forms of self-consciousness that are prelinguistic and preconceptual. Such primitive forms of self-consciousness are to be found in somatic proprioception, the structure of exteroceptive perception, and prelinguistic forms of social interaction. The author uses these primitive forms of self-consciousness to dissolve the paradox of self-consciousness and to show how the two questions can be given an affirmative answer.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities Philosophy Philosophy of mind

• Pełny tytuł: Paradox of Self-Consciousness
• Autor: Jose Luis Bermudez
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 356
• EAN: 9780262522779
• ID: 04561826
• Wydawca: Bradford Books
• Waga: 431 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Data wydania: 01. March 2000

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