Kant and the Problem of Self-Knowledge - 9780367664923

Kant and the Problem of Self-KnowledgeAuthor(s): Luca Forgione\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367664923, 978-0367664923\nSynopsis\nThis book addresses the problem of self-knowledge in Kants philosophy. As Kant writes in his major works of the critical period, it is due to the simple and empty representation I think that the subjects capacity for self-consciousness enables the subject to represent its own mental dimension. This book articulates Kants theory of self-knowledge on the basis of the following three philosophical problems: 1) a semantic problem regarding the type of reference of the representation I; 2) an epistemic problem regarding the type of knowledge relative to the thinking subject produced by the representation I think; and 3) a strictly metaphysical problem regarding the features assigned to the thinking subjects nature. The author connects the relevant scholarly literature on Kant with conte.