<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Do we appear to ourselves in a specific way that requires a phenomenological description? Do we need a phenomenology of self-knowledge? Another way to raise this question about the legitimacy of a phenomenological approach to the Self is to ask whether a philosophical analysis of the linguistic use of the personal pronouns is able to provide a satisfactory account of self-knowledge. Does the linguistic turn make phenomenology superfluous? Discussing the respective merits of the linguistic and phenomenological approaches to the concept of the Self through a crossed analysis of Sartre, Ricoeur, and Descombes, this paper stresses the complementarity between a phenomenological approach that focuses on the way we appear to ourselves and a linguistic analysis of the first-person pronoun. It claims that this relation of complementarity makes both approaches necessary to put forward the paradoxes of self-knowledge.</p></abstract>

Do we appear to ourselves in a specific way that requires a phenomenological description? Do we need a phenomenology of self-knowledge? Another way to raise this question about the legitimacy of a phenomenological approach to the Self is to ask whether a philosophical analysis of the linguistic use of the personal pronouns is able to provide a satisfactory account of self-knowledge. Does the linguistic turn make phenomenology superfluous? Discussing the respective merits of the linguistic and phenomenological approaches to the concept of the Self through a crossed analysis of Sartre, Ricoeur, and Descombes, this paper stresses the complementarity between a phenomenological approach that focuses on the way we appear to ourselves and a linguistic analysis of the first-person pronoun. It claims that this relation of complementarity makes both approaches necessary to put forward the paradoxes of self-knowledge.

Appearing to Oneself (or not). Phenomenology and the Linguistic Turn

Phainomenon

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Do we appear to ourselves in a specific way that requires a phenomenological description? Do we need a phenomenology of self-knowledge? Another way to raise...

Appearing to Oneself (or not). Phenomenology and the Linguistic Turn

Published Online: Oct 14, 2021

Page range: 139 - 153

Received: Oct 24, 2017

Accepted: Nov 27, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2017-0008

Keywords
Self, First-Person, Subjectivity, Descartes, Sartre, Descombes

© 2017 Pierre-Jean Renaudie, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Appearing to Oneself (or not). Phenomenology and the Linguistic Turn

Published Online: Oct 14, 2021

Page range: 139 - 153

Received: Oct 24, 2017

Accepted: Nov 27, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2017-0008

KeywordsSelf, First-Person, Subjectivity, Descartes, Sartre, Descombes

© 2017 Pierre-Jean Renaudie, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Self, First-Person, Subjectivity, Descartes, Sartre, Descombes