Self-Reference and Self-Awareness

Self-Reference and Self-Awareness
Title Self-Reference and Self-Awareness PDF eBook
Author Andrew Brook
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 287
Release 2001-12-12
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027298408

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Rich in precursors (Kant and Frege) and stimulated by Castañeda’s study in the logic of self-consciousness and Shoemaker’s seminal paper ‘Self-reference and self-awareness’, the work of the past thirty-five years on self-reference and self-awareness has generated a wealth of deep, sophisticated philosophy. This volume explores the historical anticipations in Kant and Frege, brings four classic contributions together in one place, and offers five new studies. (Series A)

Self-reference and Self-awareness

Self-reference and Self-awareness
Title Self-reference and Self-awareness PDF eBook
Author Andrew Brook
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 292
Release 2001
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9789027251503

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Rich in precursors (Kant and Frege) and stimulated by Castañeda's study in the logic of self-consciousness and Shoemaker's seminal paper 'Self-reference and self-awareness', the work of the past thirty-five years on self-reference and self-awareness has generated a wealth of deep, sophisticated philosophy. This volume explores the historical anticipations in Kant and Frege, brings four classic contributions together in one place, and offers five new studies. (Series A)

The Paradox of Self-consciousness

The Paradox of Self-consciousness
Title The Paradox of Self-consciousness PDF eBook
Author José Luis Bermúdez
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 360
Release 2000
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780262522779

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In this book, Jos� Luis Berm�dez addesses two fundamental problems in the philosophy and psychology of self-consciousness: (1) Can we provide a noncircular account of fully fledged self-conscious thought and language in terms of more fundamental capacities? (2) Can we explain how fully fledged self-conscious thought and language can arise in the normal course of human development? Berm�dez argues that a paradox (the paradox of self-consciousness) arises from the apparent strict interdependence between self-conscious thought and linguistic self-reference. The paradox renders circular all theories that define self-consciousness in terms of linguistic mastery of the first-person pronoun. It seems to follow from the paradox of self-consciousness that no such account or explanation can be given. Drawing on recent work in empirical psychology and philosophy, the author argues that any explanation of fully fledged self-consciousness that answers these two questions requires attention to primitive forms of self-consciousness that are prelinguistic and preconceptual. Such primitive forms of self-consciousness are to be found in somatic proprioception, the structure of exteroceptive perception, and prelinguistic forms of social interaction. The author uses these primitive forms of self-consciousness to dissolve the paradox of self-consciousness and to show how the two questions can be given an affirmative answer.

Self-Knowing Agents

Self-Knowing Agents
Title Self-Knowing Agents PDF eBook
Author Lucy O'Brien
Publisher Clarendon Press
Pages 256
Release 2010-07-22
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0191615544

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Lucy OBrien argues that a satisfactory account of first-person reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. She considers two main questions. First, what account of first-person reference can we give that respects the guaranteed nature of such reference? Second, what account can we give of our knowledge of our mental and physical actions? Clearly written, with rigorous discussion of rival views, this book will be of interest to anyone working in the philosophy of mind and action.

Self-Awareness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Self-Awareness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
Title Self-Awareness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) PDF eBook
Author Harvard Business Review
Publisher Harvard Business Press
Pages 103
Release 2018-11-13
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1633696626

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Self-awareness is the bedrock of emotional intelligence that enables you to see your talents, shortcomings, and potential. But you won't be able to achieve true self-awareness with the usual quarterly feedback and self-reflection alone. This book will teach you how to understand your thoughts and emotions, how to persuade your colleagues to share what they really think of you, and why self-awareness will spark more productive and rewarding relationships with your employees and bosses. This volume includes the work of: Daniel Goleman Robert Steven Kaplan Susan David HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Exploring the Self

Exploring the Self
Title Exploring the Self PDF eBook
Author Dan Zahavi
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 316
Release 2000-01-01
Genre Psychology
ISBN 9781556196669

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The aim of this volume is to discuss recent research into self-experience and its disorders, and to contribute to a better integration of the different empirical and conceptual perspectives. Among the topics discussed are questions like 'What is a self?, ' 'What is the relation between the self-givenness of consciousness and the givenness of the conscious self?', 'How should we understand the self-disorders encountered in schizophrenia?' and 'What general insights into the nature of the self can pathological phenomena provide us with?' Most of the contributions are characterized by a distinct phenomenological approach.The chapters by Butterworth, Strawson, Zahavi, and Marbach are general in nature and address different psychological and philosophical aspects of what it means to be a self. Next Eilan, Parnas, and Sass turn to schizophrenia and ask both how we should approach and understand this disorder, and, more specifically, what we can learn about the nature of selfhood and existence from psychopathology. The chapters by Blakemore and Gallagher present a defense and a criticism of the so-called model of self-monitoring, respectively. The final three chapters by Cutting, Stanghellini, Schwartz and Wiggins represent anthropologically oriented attempts to situate pathologies of self-experience.(Series B)

Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation

Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation
Title Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation PDF eBook
Author Katharina T. Kraus
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 321
Release 2020-12-03
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 110883664X

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Explores the relationship between self-knowledge, individuality, and personal development by reconstructing Kant's account of personhood.