What reason could there be to believe in pre-reflective bodily self-consciousness?
Advances in Consciousness Research August 7, 2012 DOI: 10.1075/aicr.86.01als (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that showing why any description of consciousness positing pre-reflective bodily self-consciousness is correct is a hard question requiring careful consideration. |
Abstract
This paper aims to examine the reasons for endorsing the idea of pre-reflective bodily self-consciousness. The guiding question will be: why should one think that any description of consciousness that posits PBS is correct? The aim of this discussion is to show how hard this question is to answer and the kinds of considerations that one should bring to bear in attempting to answer it. Keywords: explanation; phenomenology; bodily self-consciousness; attention; introspection