Full Idea
According to Kant, self-consciousness does not require self-knowledge, and it also appears that self-reference does not require self-knowledge.
Gist of Idea
Neither self-consciousness nor self-reference require self-knowledge
Source
Quassim Cassam (Introduction to 'Self-Knowledge' [1994], §II)
Book Reference
'Self-Knowledge', ed/tr. Cassam,Quassim [OUP 1994], p.15
A Reaction
Kant's point is that knowledge requires a stage of conceptualisation, which simple self-consciousness might not involve. The second point is that self-reference require no knowledge because error is impossible. Two nice points, and useful distinctions.