Andy Hamilton 
The Self in Question 
Memory, The Body and Self-Consciousness

A humanistic account of self-consciousness and personal identity, and offering a structural parallel between the epistemology of memory and bodily awareness. It provides a much-needed rapprochement between Analytic and Phenomenological approaches, developing Wittgenstein’s insights into ‘I’-as-subject and self-identification.

Table of Content

Preface Introduction 1. Self-Consciousness and Its Linguistic Expression 2. Memory and Self-Consciousness (1): Immunity to Error Through Misidentification and the Critique of Quasi-Memory 3. Memory and Self-Consciousness (2): The Conceptual Holism of Memory and Personal Identity, and the Unity of Consciousness 4. Proprioception and Self-Consciousness (1): Proprioception as Direct, Immediate Knowledge of the Body 5. Proprioception and Self-Consciousness (2): Self-Conscious Knowledge and the Rejection of Self-Presentation 6. Self-Identification and Self-Reference 7. Humanism and Animal Self-Consciousness Bibliography Index

About the author

Andy Hamilton teaches philosophy at Durham University, UK. His publications include
Aesthetics and Music (2007),
Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser’s Art (2007),
Scruton’s Aesthetics (2012, co-edited with Nick Zangwill),  
The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty (forthcoming) and many articles in aesthetics and philosophy of mind.