About this ebook
The investigation of Sartre's theory of consciousness focusses on two main problems: First, the theory of consciousness presupposes the fact of self-consciousness but is not able to explain it without struggling with the difficulties of circularity and infinite regresses. The supposed pre-reflexive cogito that is aiming to express self-consciousness to avoid these difficulties remains a cogito concerning its internal structure of cogito and cogitatum.Furthermore this investigation shows that the origin of the presumed relation between the subject on the one hand and the world on the other hand is founded on the pre-reflexive cogito. For that reason this relation necessarily remains in pure subjectivity and is therefore not able to offer any possibility of evidently based knowledge about the world nor any concept of intersubjectivity or alterity.
The investigation of Sartre's theory of consciousness focusses on two main problems: First, the theory of consciousness presupposes the fact of self-consciousness but is not able to explain it without struggling with the difficulties of circularity and infinite regresses. The supposed pre-reflexi...
About the author
Dr. Svaneke Schüler ist Studienrätin und unterrichtet die Fächer Französisch, Philosophie und Werte und Normen.
Dr. Svaneke Schüler ist Studienrätin und unterrichtet die Fächer Französisch, Philosophie und Werte und Normen.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
