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The ambiguity of self-consciousness: A prefaceIn Dan Zahavi, T. Grunbaum & Josef Parnas (eds.), The Structure and Development of Self-Consciousness: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, John Benjamins. 2004.
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534Self and other: from pure ego to co-constituted weContinental Philosophy Review 48 (2): 143-160. 2015.In recent years, the social dimensions of selfhood have been discussed widely. Can you be a self on your own or only together with others? Is selfhood a built-in feature of experience or rather socially constructed? Does a strong emphasis on the first-personal character of consciousness prohibit a satisfactory account of intersubjectivity or is the former rather a necessary requirement for the latter? These questions are explored in the following contribution
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141Exploring the Self: Philosophical and Psychopathological Perspectives on Self-experience (edited book)John Benjamins. 2000.The aim of this volume is to discuss recent research into self-experience and its disorders, and to contribute to a better integration of the different ...
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143Intentionalität und erfahrungSynthesis Philosophica 20 (2): 299-318. 2005.Seit der Veröffentlichung von Chalmers einflussreichem Werk The Conscious Mind war es üblich, die philosophischen Probleme des Bewusstseins in zwei Gruppen zu teilen. Während sich das sogenannte „schwere Problem des Bewusstseins“ auf die Natur des phänomenalen Bewusstseins und die Perspektive der ersten Person bezieht, befasst sich das „leichte Problem des Bewusstseins“ vor allem mit dem Begriff der Intentionalität. Doch es stellt sich die Frage, ob es tatsächlich möglich ist, Intentionalität ei…Read more
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49Reply: A Phenomenology with Legs and BrainsAbstracta 4 (3): 86-107. 2008.We first want to express our thanks to the commentators for their close and critical readings of The Phenomenological Mind. We would like to treat their comments and challenging questions as a productive opportunity to clarify and to make our positions more precise. Before we address the specific points raised by our colleagues, we do want to say that the intersection between phenomenology and the cognitive sciences is a rich one, and growing richer as collaboration and research continues. Our b…Read more
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464Empathy and Direct Social Perception: A Phenomenological Proposal (review)Review of Philosophy and Psychology 2 (3): 541-558. 2011.Quite a number of the philosophical arguments and objections currently being launched against simulation (ST) based and theory-theory (TT) based approaches to mindreading have a phenomenological heritage in that they draw on ideas found in the work of Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Stein, Gurwitsch, Scheler and Schutz. Within the last couple of years, a number of ST and TT proponents have started to react and respond to what one for the sake of simplicity might call the phenomenologi…Read more
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241The Three Concepts of Consciousness in the 'Logische Untersuchungen'Husserl Studies 18 (1): 51-64. 2002.
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