Four Components of Subjectivity and the Projective Consciousness Model
The MIT Press eBooks December 16, 2025 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/14600.003.0027 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThe author argues that thought and perception inherently include a reflexive self-awareness, described in Latin as "sui conscia" (conscious of itself). This virtual reflection accompanies all perceptions. Beyond this, a more explicit form of reflection occurs when one examines a perception through another perception, a process the author claims anyone can verify.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Subjectivity Projective test Component thermodynamics Relation database Self-consciousness |
| Key finding | Argues that all thought or perception is essentially reflexive upon itself, with a virtual self-consciousness inherent in every perception, and additionally posits an explicit reflective process where one perception examines another. |
Abstract
Our thought or perception is essentially reflexive upon itself; or as it is expressed more happily in Latin, est sui conscia, for I never think without knowing that I think. . . .In addition to this reflection which can be called virtual and which is found in all our perceptions, there is another, more explicit kind by which we examine our perception by another perception, as every one can easily verify.