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Single Idea 4086

[from 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Immanuel Kant, in 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought ]

Full Idea

Kant thought that consciousness in general depends for its possibility on self-consciousness (or, as he called it, 'apperception').

Gist of Idea

Kant thought that consciousness depends on self-consciousness ('apperception')

Source

report of Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781]) by Tim Crane - Elements of Mind 3.21

Book Reference

Crane,Tim: 'Elements of Mind' [OUP 2001], p.71


A Reaction

What would Kant have made of Darwin? Consciousness looks very useful in small dim animals for registering survival information.