The paradox of self-consciousness /

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Author / Creator:Bermúdez, José Luis.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1998.
©1998
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Representation and mind
Representation and mind.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11109083
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ISBN:0585190089
9780585190082
9780262024419
0262024411
9780262268271
0262268272
9780262522779
0262522772
Notes:"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index.
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Summary:In this book, Jose Luis Bermudez addresses two fundamental problems in the philosophy and psychology of self-consciousness: (1) Can we provide a noncircular account of full-fledged self-conscious thought and language in terms of more fundamental capacities? (2) Can we explain how full-fledged self-conscious thought and language can arise in the normal course of human development? Bermudez argues that a paradox (the paradox of self-consciousness) arises from the apparent strict interdependence between self-conscious thought and linguistic self-reference. Responding to the paradox, the author draws on recent work in empirical psychology and philosophy to cut the tie between self-conscious thought and linguistic self-reference.
Other form:Print version: Bermúdez, José Luis. Paradox of self-consciousness. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1998 0262024411