Consciousness and the Self New Essays

'I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe any thing but the perception.' These famous words of David Hume, on his inability to perceive the self, set the stage for JeeLoo Liu and John Perry's collection of essays on self-awareness and self-knowl...

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Main Authors Liu, JeeLoo, Perry, John
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 17.11.2011
Edition1
Subjects
Consciousness
Epistemology
Hume, David
Philosophical thought
Philosophy
Psychology
Self
Self-consciousness
Self-consciousness (Awareness)
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Summary:'I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe any thing but the perception.' These famous words of David Hume, on his inability to perceive the self, set the stage for JeeLoo Liu and John Perry's collection of essays on self-awareness and self-knowledge. This volume connects recent scientific studies on consciousness with the traditional issues about the self explored by Descartes, Locke and Hume. Experts in the field offer contrasting perspectives on matters such as the relation between consciousness and self-awareness, the notion of personhood and the epistemic access to one's own thoughts, desires or attitudes. The volume will be of interest to philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, cognitive scientists and others working on the central topics of consciousness and the self.
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ISBN:9781107414716
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DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511732355