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4086 | Kant thought that consciousness depends on self-consciousness ('apperception') [Kant, by Crane] |
Full Idea: Kant thought that consciousness in general depends for its possibility on self-consciousness (or, as he called it, 'apperception'). | |
From: report of Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781]) by Tim Crane - Elements of Mind 3.21 | |
A reaction: What would Kant have made of Darwin? Consciousness looks very useful in small dim animals for registering survival information. |