Self-Awareness and the Elusive Subject

Self-Awareness and The Elusive Subject explores the fact that we are certain of the existence of a subject of experience despite its being objectively and subjectively elusive. Howell provides an account of basic self-awareness according to which we are most fundamentally aware of ourselves indirectly as the subject of our conscious states.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Knowledge Argument and the Subject of Experience


• 3: Introspective Elusiveness


• 4: Against Subjective Character


• 5: Pre-Reflective Self-Consciousness


• 6: I-Thoughts and Self-Awareness

About the author

Robert J. Howell is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He has published numerous articles in a wide range of areas including philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. He is the author of Consciousness and the Limits of Objectivity (Oxford University Press, 2013). With Torin Alter he has co-authored A Dialogue on Consciousness (Oxford University Press, 2009) and The God Dialogues (Oxford University Press, 2011). He is a member of SMU's Academy of Distinguished Teachers.

Summary

Self-Awareness and The Elusive Subject explores the fact that we are certain of the existence of a subject of experience despite its being objectively and subjectively elusive. Howell provides an account of basic self-awareness according to which we are most fundamentally aware of ourselves indirectly as the subject of our conscious states.

Additional text

Metaphysics and ethics of the self is an important part of the book.

Product details

• Authors: Robert J. Howell, Robert J. (Professor of Philosophy Howell, Howell Robert J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2023
• EAN: 9780192849236
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284923-6
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge