The aim of this paper is to address the problem of pre-reflective self-consciousness in the context of the contemporary computational approaches to the mind. These standpoints try to grasp consciousness in the language of mathematics and geometry, hoping for its more precise description. As a counterbalance to such theories, Sartre’s abiding insight (pre-reflective consciousness) and Henrich’s...
The aim of this paper is a short overview of the book of Evan Thompson Wak ing, Dreaming, Being.Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy, with some polemic remarks.Thompson presents an interest ing approach to the problem of cognition, knowledge and selfknowledge -the problems considered in philosophy, psychology, neurosciences, which -if they interact -create an...