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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157846603321

Autore

Peacocke Christopher

Titolo

The mirror of the world : subjects, consciousness, and self-consciousness

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-102268-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Context and content The mirror of the world

Disciplina

126

Soggetti

Self (Philosophy)

Subject (Philosophy)

Consciousness

Self-consciousness (Awareness)

Self-knowledge, Theory of

Philosophy

Philosophy & Religion

Speculative Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Primitive self-representation -- The metaphysics of conscious subjects -- The first person concept and its nonconceptual parent -- Explaining first person phenomena -- Descartes defended -- Paralogisms and first person illusions -- Perspectival self-consciousness -- Reflective self-consciousness -- Interpersonal self-consciousness -- Open conclusion : the place of metaphysics.

Sommario/riassunto

Christopher Peacocke presents a new theory of subjects of consciousness, together with a theory of the nature of first person representation. He identifies three sorts of self-consciousness - perspectival, reflective, and interpersonal - and argues that they are key to explaining features of our knowledge, social relations, and emotional lives.