Self and world / Quassim Cassam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassam, Quassim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Self-consciousness (Awareness).

Self-perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Self and World is an exploration of the nature of self-awareness. Quassim Cassam rejects the widespread view that the self eludes introspection, and argues that consciousness of our thoughts and experiences involves a sense of our thinking, experiencing selves as shaped, solid, and located physical objects in a world of such objects. This clear, original, and challenging treatment of one of the deepest of intellectual problems will demand the attention ofall philosophers and cognitive scientists who are concerned with the self.'Extraordinarily clear, thorough, balanced, accurate, and judicious' Derek Parfit.

Contents:

Intro

PREFACE

CONTENTS

1. SELF AND WORLD

1. Introduction

2. The Exclusion Thesis

3. The Self-Consciousness Argument

2. THE OBJECTIVITY ARGUMENT

2. The Concept Version of the Objectivity Argument

3. Quasi-Memory

4. Geometrical Self-Location

5. The Intuition Version of the Objectivity Argument

6. Awareness of the Self 'Qua Subject'

7. Immunity to Error Through Misidentification

8. The Incompatibility Objection

9. Core-Self and Bodily Self

10. The Dispensability Objection

11. Conclusion

3. THE UNITY ARGUMENT

1. Unity and Objectivity

2. Transcendental Self-Consciousness

3. Personal Self-Consciousness

4. THE IDENTITY ARGUMENT

2. The First Concept Version of the Identity Argument

3. The Second Concept Version of the Identity Argument

4. The Problem of Misconception

5. The Intuition Version of the Identity Argument

6. Objections to (D2)

7. The Fifth Response and (D1)

8. Kant and the Identity Argument

9. The 'Logical' Identity of the 'I'

5. REDUCTIONISM

1. Reductionism and the Exclusion Thesis

2. Reductionism and the Objectivity Argument

3. Reductionism and the Identity Argument

4. Reductionism and the Unity of Consciousness

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references(p. [199]-203) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-98086-2

9786611980863

0-19-151892-1

OCLC:

666899637