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
Analysis
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Mind/General
Notes
"A Bradford book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index
