Conference on Self-Consciousness and Self-Knowledge
21-22 November 2014
Université\; Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne\, Philosophy department \;Centre de Philosophie Contemporaine de la Sorbonne (EA3562 PhiCo) \;with the support of the Conseil Scientifique de l'Université\; Paris 1 \;Panthé\;on-Sorbonne and the Institut universitaire de France
Conference Theme
In being conscious of ourselves or in knowing ourselves\, we indulge in a \;peculiar reflexive relation to ourselves. Traditionally\, that relation has been \;described as a &ldquo\;coincidence of subject and object&rdquo\;: in self-consciousness and \;self-knowledge\, the &ldquo\;subject&rdquo\; of knowledge or consciousness is said to \;&ldquo\;coincide&rdquo\; with its &ldquo\;object&rdquo\;. In so describing the relation\, many authors have \;assumed that that relation is notionally distinct from our intentional relation \;to the world\; that it is a second-order relation that is conceptually separable \;from the &ldquo\;first-order&rdquo\; relation that we entertain with other objects. Thus\, \;explaining the notions of self-consciousness and self-knowledge has often \;seemed to require making sense of what metaphorically has been described as an \;eye that can see itself. It is hardly surprising that such endeavors have been
confronted to many paradoxes.
The conference will explore the attempts that have been undertaken in \;contemporary philosophy to overcome such paradoxes without providing a \;reductionist account of self-knowledge and self-consciousness. That is\, the \;conference will explore the contemporary approaches to those two notions that \;reject the paradigm of an inner spectator but don&rsquo\;t seek to reject the very \;idea of self-knowledge or self-consciousness. Since the relation between those \;two notions has played a central role in such endeavors\, a crucial problem that \;the conference will seek to address is just how a theory of self-knowledge \;relates to a theory of self-consciousness. Must a theory of self-knowledge be \;subsumed to an overarching theory of self-consciousness or do the two theories \;deal with distinct subject matters?
Program
Friday\, 21st November
4 rue de la Valette\, Centre Sainte-Barbe\, Amphithé\;â\;tre
14h00 \;- Welcome
Afternoon session - Chair: \; Sandra Laugier (Univ. Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne)
14h15 \;- Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer (Univ. Leipzig)
«\; Self-awareness\, Self-consciousness and Self-determination in the \;light of Aristotle\, Hegel and Heidegger »\;
15h30 \;- Sofia Miguens (Univ. Porto)
«\; &rsquo\;Who am I &ndash\; or What?&rsquo\; Two ways of being unable to go wrong »\;
16h45 \;- Pause
17h00 \;- Jean-Philippe Narboux (Univ. Bordeaux III)
«\; Is Self-consciousness Consciousness of One's Self? »\;
Saturday\, 22nd November
17 rue de la Sorbonne\, UFR de philosophie\, salle Halbwachs
Morning session - Chair : David Zapero (Univ. Chicago/ Univ. Paris 1 \;Panthé\;on-Sorbonne)
10h00 \;- Sandra Laugier (Univ. Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne)
«\; Wittgenstein: connaissance et ignorance de soi »\;
11h15 \;- Sophie Djigo (Lycé\;e Ribot)
«\; Les difficulté\;s de la connaissance de soi : transparence et \;interpré\;tation »\;
12h30 \;- Lunch break
Afternoon session - Chair : Jocelyn Benoist (Univ. Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne)
14h15 \;- Sabine Plaud (Univ. de Recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres)
«\; Wittgenstein et Le monde tel que je l&rsquo\;ai trouvé\; : le faux \;problè\;me de la connaissance de soi
15h30 \;- David Zapero (Univ. Chicago / Univ. Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne)
«\; Reflexivity and First-Personal Authority »\;
16h45 \;- Pause
17h00 \;- Charles Travis (King&rsquo\;s College)
«\; Private Lies »\;
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organized by David Zapero and Sandra Laugier
contact: \;David.Zapero-Maier@ens.fr
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