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Mar 27, 2001 · The unity of consciousness was a main concern of most philosophers in what is often called the ‘classical modern era’ (roughly, 1600 to 1900), including Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, Hume (in a way; see below), Reid, Brentano, and James. Consider a classical argument of Descartes’ for mind-body dualism.
- Leibniz's Philosophy of Mind
Leibniz’s place in the history of the philosophy of mind is...
- Leibniz's Philosophy of Mind
Dec 12, 2019 · Philosophy and Personality: The “Self” and Identity. Playing at the intersection between science and art, philosophy and personality are intimately connected with a search for meaning and truth in both the unique and collective aspects of an identity.
- Lily Yuan
Learning is a process of knowledge acquisition, where “knowledge” is construed broadly. Next, we delineate five major questions that should govern an area of philosophy properly called “philosophy of learning.” Those questions are: (1) Is learning possible?; (2) Is all knowledge acquired through learning?;
Aug 20, 2002 · Personal identity deals with philosophical questions that arise about ourselves by virtue of our being people (or as lawyers and philosophers like to say, persons). This contrasts with questions about ourselves that arise by virtue of our being living things, conscious beings, moral agents, or material objects.
Issues about knowledge of the self include: (1) how it is that one distinguishes oneself from others, as the object of a self-attribution; (2) whether self-awareness yields a grasp of the material or non-material nature of the self; (3) whether self-awareness yields a grasp of one’s personal identity over time; and (4) what sort of self ...
Sep 24, 2018 · In this paper I argue that two dominant accounts of identification implicated in self-unity (represented respectively by Christine Korsgaard and Harry Frankfurt) fail to acknowledge the significance of a related form of self-unifying activity, self-recognition.
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Kant does not just stress the unity of apperception or self-consciousness, but the “transcendental unity of apperception” (e.g., A108, A116, B132). “Transcendental” is a complex concept for Kant, but two meanings are especially relevant for the unity of self-consciousness.