Kant's Theory of Self-Consciousness

Name: Kant's Theory of Self-Consciousness
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By Powell, C. Thomas

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From Descartes to Hume, philosophers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries developed a dialectic of radically conflicting claims about the nature of the self. In the Paralogisms of The Critique of Pure Reason, Kant comes to terms with this dialectic and with the character of the experiencing self. In this study, Powell seeks to elucidate these difficult texts, showing that the structure of the Paralogisms provides an essential key to understanding both Kant's critique of "rational psychology" and his theory of self-consciousness. As Kant realized, the ways in which we must represent ourselves to ourselves have import not only for epistemology, but for our view of persons and of our own immortality, as well as for moral philosophy. His theory of self-consciousness is also shown to have implications for contemporary discussions of the problem of other minds, functionalism, and the problem of indexical self-reference.

Product details

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

284

Release Date:

1990-10-11

Publication Date:

1990-08-16

Publisher:

OUP Oxford

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0198244487

ISBN13:

9780198244486

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

535 g

Height:

145 cm

Width:

222 cm

Thickness:

20 cm

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