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Immanuel Kant is fundamentally linked to the concept of self-consciousness as he established it as a necessary condition for thought [1] and an interdependent requirement for perceiving an objective world [2]. His theories on the subject have been central to epistemology [3], critiqued by the Heidelberg School [4], analyzed by P.F. Strawson [5], and serve as the primary focus of scholarly works like C. Thomas Powell's book [6].
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Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 4 facts
claimThe 'Heidelberg School' interprets Johann Gottlieb Fichte as claiming that previous accounts of self-consciousness by René Descartes, John Locke, and Immanuel Kant are 'reflective' because they regard the self as an object rather than a subject.
claimC. Thomas Powell analyzed Immanuel Kant's theory of self-consciousness in his 1990 book 'Kant’s Theory of Self-Consciousness'.
claimDuring the early modern period, self-consciousness became a central topic in epistemology and the philosophy of mind, particularly through the work of Immanuel Kant and the post-Kantians.
claimP.F. Strawson, in his discussion of Immanuel Kant's transcendental deduction, articulates the claim that if different experiences are to belong to a single consciousness, the subject of those experiences must have the possibility of self-consciousness.
Self-Consciousness - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 2 facts
claimImmanuel Kant introduced the idea that self-consciousness is interdependent with consciousness of an external objective world, asserting that one can only be aware of oneself to the extent that one experiences an organized world of objects that interact causally and predictably.
claimImmanuel Kant argued that it is a condition of all thought that it be self-conscious in the sense of being attributed to a thinker, meaning one cannot think without thinking that one is oneself thinking.