The Unconscious, Self-consciousness, and Responsibility
In this article I argue that (1) introspective self-consciousness is an activity of narrative re-appropriation of the products of the cognitive unconscious; and (2) this activity has an essentially self-defensive character, being ruled by the primary and universal need to construct and protect a sub...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Mimesis Edizioni, Milano
2014-08-01
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| Series: | Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2014.0016 |
| Summary: | In this article I argue that (1) introspective self-consciousness is an activity of narrative re-appropriation of the products of the cognitive unconscious; and (2) this activity has an essentially self-defensive character, being ruled by the primary and universal need to construct and protect a subjective identity whose solidity is the ground of the intrapsychic and interpersonal balances of human organism. Finally, in this framework firmly based on psychological sciences, I reconsider John Locke’s link between responsibility and self-consciousness. |
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| ISSN: | 2039-4667 2239-2629 |