1st Edition

Kant and the Problem of Self-Knowledge

By Luca Forgione Copyright 2019
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

This book addresses the problem of self-knowledge in Kant’s philosophy. As Kant writes in his major works of the critical period, it is due to the simple and empty representation ‘I think’ that the subject’s capacity for self-consciousness enables the subject to represent its own mental dimension. This book articulates Kant’s theory of self-knowledge on the basis of the following three... Read more

Introduction

1. Self-Knowledge and Self-Consciousness

2. Two Senses of ‘I Think’

3. The Problem of Self-Identification

4. The Simple Representation I and the Transcendental Designation

5. On De Se and De Re

Biography

Luca Forgione is Associate Professor in Philosophy of Language and in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Basilicata, Italy.