Self-Awareness and Pathological Self-Doubt

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titleSelf-Awareness and Pathological Self-Doubt
start_date2013/05/06
schedule16h-18h
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summaryBasic self-awareness is the kind of awareness that underlies our comprehending use of the first-person. I argue that some psychiatric patients suffering from severe depersonalization or from the Cotard syndrome display an impaired basic self-awareness and that their study allows to favor a specific theory of basic self-awareness over its rivals. According to this theory, which I call Cartesian, we are basically self-aware in virtue of being acquainted with ourselves thorough introspection.
responsiblesKriegel