The paradox of self-consciousness / José Luis Bermúdez.

0585190089 (electronic bk.)
9780585190082 (electronic bk.)
9780262024419 (electronic bk.)
0262024411 (electronic bk.)
9780262268271
0262268272

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1998.

©1998

English

1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrations.

BD450 .B436 1998eb

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In this book, Jose Luis Bermudez 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? Bermudez argues that a paradox (the paradox of self-consciousness) arises from the apparent strict interdependence between self-conscious thought and linguistic self-reference. 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.

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