Wittgenstein on the First-Person

Garrett, Brian; Joven Joaquin, Jeremiah

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Wittgenstein on the First-Person

Date

2022

Authors

Garrett, Brian

Joven Joaquin, Jeremiah

Abstract

What is the link between ‘I’-judgements and self-consciousness? What are we to make of Wittgenstein’s cryptic remarks in the Blue Book about the “as subject” use of ‘I’? Are the salient characteristics of the “as subject” use peculiar to ‘I’? Do they illuminate the nature of self-consciousness? These questions are addressed in this discussion.