TITLE:
Kant on Self-Awareness
AUTHORS:
Thomas W. Smythe
KEYWORDS:
elf-Awareness; Consciousness; Transcendental
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.3 No.4,
November
28,
2013
ABSTRACT: This paper has three main parts. First, I discuss Kant on self-awareness in terms of inner sense, why he failed to make this account coherent, and why he failed to give such an account. Second, I give two reasons why such an account is bound to be inadequate. In the last section, I discuss another attempt Kant was tempted to give in terms of transcendental self-awareness involving a nonsensory intuitive perception that helps solve some of his problems.