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Self‐Consciousness

José Luis Bermúdez

Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science January 15, 2006 DOI: 10.1002/0470018860.s00206 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Peer reviewed
Key points The abstract defines self-consciousness as awareness of oneself through information that one cannot fail to recognize as about oneself, indicating that self-consciousness is a fundamental aspect of cognition.

Abstract

AbstractSelf‐consciousness is deeply implicated in many aspects of cognition. To be self‐conscious is to be aware of oneself through information that one cannot fail to recognize is about oneself.