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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought

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.