Self-awareness and alterity

A phenomenological investigation

Dan Zahavi

Københavns Universitet

pp. 16-291

Studies in Phenomenology & Existential Philosophy | 1

Northwestern University Press

1999

Abstract

Taking on recent discussions within both analytical philosophy (Shoemaker, Castaneda, Nagel) and contemporary German philosophy (Henrich, Frank, Tugendhat), Zahavi argues that the phenomenological tradition has much more to offer when it comes to the problem of self-awareness than is normally assumed. As a contribution to the current philosophical debate concerning self-awareness, the book presents a comprehensive reconstruction of Husserl's theory of pre-reflective self-awareness, thereby criticizing a number of prevalent interpretations and a systematic discussion of a number of phenomenological insights related to this issue, including analyses of the temporal, intentional, reflexive, bodily, and social nature of the self.

Reviews

• Holger Maas, "D. Zahavi, Self-awareness and alterity" Husserl Studies 17 (3), 2001, pp. 243-253
• James G. Hart, "D. Zahavi Self-awareness and alterity" Continental Philosophy Review 34 (3), 2001, pp. 339-351
• Natalie Depraz, "D. Zahavi, Self-awareness and alterity" Alter: Revue de phénoménologie 8, 2000,

Cited authors

Husserl Edmund