The paradox of self-consciousness /
Jos�e Luis Berm�udez.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1998.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrations.
- Representation and mind .
- Representation and mind. .
"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note to the Reader -- The Paradox of Self-Consciousness -- The Form of a Solution -- Content, Concepts, and Language -- The Theory of Nonconceptual Content -- The Self of Ecological Optics -- Somatic Proprioception and the Bodily Self -- Points of View -- Navigation and Spatial Reasoning -- Psychological Self-Awareness: Self and Others -- Solving the Paradox of Self-Consciousness -- Notes -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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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.