Beyond the Cartesian Self
Phenomenology and Mind September 17, 2018 Lynne Baker 2 citations
The gap between first-person and third-person accounts of consciousness cannot be eliminated by reducing subjective experience to objective data, especially when the science aims to study the first-person perspective itself. Drawing on Carnap and Schrödinger, the author argues that such reduction leaves out essential aspects of conscious experience. Various approaches attempting to bridge this gap are reviewed, along with conceptual, epistemological, and methodological issues surrounding the distinction.