Self-reference and self-awareness / edited by Andrew Brook, Richard C. DeVidi.

Rich in precursors (Kant and Frege) and stimulated by Castañeda's study in the logic of self-consciousness and Shoemaker's seminal paper 'Self-reference and self-awareness', the work of the past thirty-five years on self-reference and self-awareness has generated a wealth of deep...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Brook, Andrew, DeVidi, Richard C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2001.
Series:Advances in consciousness research ; v. 30.
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Table of Contents:
  • Self-reference and Self-awareness; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Section I: Great Precursors; Chapter 2: Kant, self-awareness and self-reference; Chapter 3: Frege and the first person; Section II: Classical Contributions; Chapter 4: 'He '; Chapter 5: Self-reference and self-awareness; Chapter 6: Self-identi cation; Chapter 7: The problem of the essential indexical; Section III: Recent Work; Chapter 8: The myth of mental indexicals; Chapter 9: Thinking about myself; Chapter 10: Introspective misidentication.