Full Idea
Might it not be precisely the reflective act that brings the me into being in reflected consciousness?
Gist of Idea
Maybe it is the act of reflection that brings 'me' into existence
Source
Jean-Paul Sartre (Transcendence of the Ego [1937], I (B))
Book Reference
Sartre,Jean-Paul: 'The Transcendence of the Ego' [Routledge 2004], p.11
A Reaction
He admits some sort of self a second-order entity, but this is 'transcendental', and essentially an illusion. This elimination of the first-order self clears the way for the existential view, that we can create whatever self we want. I disagree.