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Jul 26, 2004 · If consciousness of self ascribes nothing to the self, it can be a “bare … consciousness of self [as one is]” and yet yield no knowledge of self—it is “very far from being a knowledge of the self” (B158).
- Kant and Hume on Causality
Kant famously attempted to “answer” what he took to be...
- Kant's Transcendental Arguments
Among Immanuel Kant’s (1724–1804) most influential...
- Memory
Tulving contrasts autonoetic (self-knowing) consciousness...
- Self-Consciousness
The sense of an experience as my own can be understood as...
- Kant's Critique of Metaphysics
Kant’s criticisms of rational psychology draw on a number of...
- Kant and Hume on Causality
Jul 13, 2017 · Self-Consciousness. Human beings are conscious not only of the world around them but also of themselves: their activities, their bodies, and their mental lives. They are, that is, self-conscious (or, equivalently, self-aware). Self-consciousness can be understood as an awareness of oneself.
Aug 17, 2020 · Kant is said to be the first to distinguish between consciousness of oneself as the subject of one’s experiences and consciousness of oneself as an object, which he calls transcendental and empirical apperception, respectively.
- Janum Sethi
- 2021
Nov 29, 2017 · One of the central aspects of Kant’s transcendental theory of self-consciousness, which crucially separates his from previous theories, is the distinction between transcendental apperception and inner sense, the latter also called empirical apperception (A107).
- Dennis Schulting
- ds196901@gmail.com
- 2017
This book explores the consequences of Kant's view of the self and his contributions to our own understanding of the character (and limits) of self-knowledge. Salient aspects of Kant's positive theory of the self as it is presented in the Transcendental Deduction are discussed.
Dec 1, 2020 · Chapter 4, “The Conditions of Self-Reference”, examines two ways in which one can conceptually represent oneself in judgements, in light of the results of the Paralogisms (in the Transcendental Dialectic of the first Critique).
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Jan 1, 2020 · The paper argues that Kant'sdistinction between pure and empirical apperception cannot be interpreted as distinguishing two self-standing types of self-knowledge. For Kant, empirical and pure apperception need to co-operate to yield substantive self-knowledge.
