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The paradox of self-consciousness / José Luis Bermúdez.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Representation and mindCopyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585190089
  • 9780585190082
  • 9780262024419
  • 0262024411
  • 9780262268271
  • 0262268272
  • 9780262522779
  • 0262522772
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Paradox of self-consciousness.DDC classification:
  • 160 21
LOC classification:
  • BD450 .B436 1998eb
Other classification:
  • 08.36
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note to the Reader -- 1. The Paradox of Self-Consciousness -- 2. The Form of a Solution -- 3. Content, Concepts, and Language -- 4. The Theory of Nonconceptual Content -- 5. The Self of Ecological Optics -- 6. Somatic Proprioception and the Bodily Self -- 7. Points of View -- 8. Navigation and Spatial Reasoning -- 9. Psychological Self-Awareness: Self and Others -- 10. Solving the Paradox of Self-Consciousness -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: 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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"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note to the Reader -- 1. The Paradox of Self-Consciousness -- 2. The Form of a Solution -- 3. Content, Concepts, and Language -- 4. The Theory of Nonconceptual Content -- 5. The Self of Ecological Optics -- 6. Somatic Proprioception and the Bodily Self -- 7. Points of View -- 8. Navigation and Spatial Reasoning -- 9. Psychological Self-Awareness: Self and Others -- 10. Solving the Paradox of Self-Consciousness -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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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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