V—The Sources of Self-consciousness

Author: Bermúdez J.L.

Source: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 102, Number 1, September 2001 , pp. 87-107(21)

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Abstract:

This paper explores the relation between two ways of thinking about the sources of self-consciousness. We can think about the sources of self-consciousness either in genetic terms (as the origins or precursors of self-conscious thoughts) or in epistemic terms (as the grounds of self-conscious judgements). Using Christopher Peacocke’s account of self-conscious judgements in Being Known as a foil, this paper brings out some important ways in which we need to draw upon the sources of self-consciousness in the genetic sense for a proper understanding of the sources of self-consciousness in the epistemic sense.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Philoposophy, University of Stirling

Publication date: 2001-09-01