Facets of Self-Consciousness (Grazer Philosophische Studien - International Journal for Analytic Philosophy, 84)

This special issue of __Grazer Philosophische Studien__ brings together a number of carefully selected and timely articles that explore the discussion of different facets of self-consciousness from multiple perspectives. The selected articles mainly focus on three topics of the current debate: (1) the relationship between conceptual and nonconceptual ways of self-representation; (2) the role of intersubjectivity for the development of self-consciousness; (3) the temporal structure of self-consciousness. A number of previously underexposed, yet important connections between different approaches are explored. The articles not only represent the state of the art in their respective areas of research and make new insights available, but also provide an overview of different methodologies: ranging from philosophy of language and mind to phenomenology and cognitive science. The volume is of interest for philosophers, cognitive scientists and researchers in related disciplines who are concerned with investigating the nature and origin of self-consciousness. There has been significant work done in analytic philosophy on different facets of self-consciousness, but much of that work has remained thematically isolated and methodologically fragmented according to this special issue of Grazer Philosophische Studien, which seeks to overcome such separations by presenting ten articles exploring elements of the recent debates over the nature of self-consciousness. The articles are particularly concerned with examining and connecting three general focal points of the issue: the relationship between conceptual and non-conceptual forms of self-representation, the role of intersubjectivity, and the temporal structure of self-consciousness. Price is converted from euros and subject to fluctuation. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)