The Paradox of Self-Consciousness
José Luis Bermúdez
In this book José Luis Bermúdez addresses two fundamental problems in the philosophy and psychology of self-consciousness: (1) Can we provide a noncircular account of full-fledged self-conscious thought and language in terms of more fundamental capacities? (2) Can we explain how full-fledged self-conscious thought and language can arise in the normal course of human development? Bermúdez 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 account or explanation of self-consciousness can be given.
Responding to the paradox, the author draws on recent work in empirical psychology and philosophy to cut the tie between self- conscious thought and linguistic self-reference. He argues that any explanation of full-fledged self-consciousness that answers these two questions requires attention to prelinguistic and preconceptual forms of self- consciousness.
Thể loại:
Năm:
2000
Nhà xuát bản:
The MIT Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
337
ISBN 10:
0585190089
ISBN 13:
9780585190082
Loạt:
Representation and Mind
File:
PDF, 1.20 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2000
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