Pre-reflective consciousness is itself a form of self-consciousness
Evidence
But if on the contrary we wish to take our point of departure from duality as such and to posit consciousness and belief as a dyad, then we encounter the idea-ideae of Spinoza and we miss the pre-reflective phenomenon which we wished to study. This is because pre-reflective consciousness is self-consciousness. It is this same notion of self which must be studied, for it defines the very being of consciousness. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 331
Categorization
- DEFINE: Establishes that the pre-reflective cogito is already self-conscious, defining Sartre’s notion of self.
- XREF: connects to: The Ego exists as an object of pre-reflective consciousness, not as a repudiated entity. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 82; Reflection is consciousness attempting to become its own object; Self-consciousness is the sole mode of existence for any consciousness of something — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 135 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Self-consciousness need not posit the self as an object
#expands(0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 10 - Self-consciousness is the sole mode of existence for any consciousness of something
#corroborates(0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 135 - Reflection is consciousness attempting to become its own object
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