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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 Ref
'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.
| 5673 | If we have a pain, we are strongly aware of the bodily self [Cassam] |
| 5670 | Knowledge of thoughts covers both their existence and their contents [Cassam] |
| 5671 | Outer senses are as important as introspection in the acquisition of self-knowledge [Cassam] |
| 5672 | Is there a mode of self-awareness that isn't perception, and could it give self-knowledge? [Cassam] |
| 5674 | We can't introspect ourselves as objects, because that would involve possible error [Cassam] |
| 5675 | Neither self-consciousness nor self-reference require self-knowledge [Cassam] |