Abstract Kant’s views on the nature and importance of self-consciousness have been extensively discussed, but his remarks about the nature of consciousness have received less attention. The present essay argues that a sound understanding of the latter topic is a precondition for making sense of Kant’s claims about self-consciousness, and that an understanding of the relation between these two...
Sartre’s obscure but evocative remarks on bodily awareness have often been cited, but, I argue, they have rarely been understood. This paper aims to bring the connection between Sartre's views on bodily awareness and his more general distinction between “positional” and “non-positional” consciousness. Sartre’s main claim about bodily awareness, I argue, is that our primary awareness of our own...