Self-consciousness, ψ and φ
THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science April 12, 2026 Carlota Serrahima
This paper contributes to, and underpins, the project of an integrative account of psychological and bodily self-consciousness. Following a trend in the literature that uses the notion of “ownership” to discuss self-consciousness, and adapting José Luis Bermúdez’s terminology, I refer to psychological self-consciousness as “ψ-ownership” and to bodily self-consciousness as “φ-ownership.” The...