for Strawson the concept of person - just is that which we can refer
consciousness and non-conscious states to
it is primitive
OK
the thing is - the concept of a person is a construction of consciousness
an attempt by consciousness (Peter Strawson's in this case) to explain
the conscious and non-consciousness dimensions of - what?
this is the question -
well the answer is - the person
of which he Peter Strawson regards himself as an instance thereof -
it's argument - of consciousness -
is the idea of objectifying consciousness - (the person)
and then - regarding it as that which the subject refers to
is anything gained here?
so subject - postulates subject as object -
then regards subject as referring to object
itself
kind of what we call - self - consciousness - would you say?
Strawson begins without being very clear about the nature of self-consciousness
is it something other than consciousness?
could it be said -
that he begins with consciousness - and the problem of ascribing it
and solves the problem - by introducing self-consciousness -
via the person argument - (for this is what I say it amounts to)
as if this is a solution to the question of consciousness -
when in fact it is the question - to begin with?
the point being consciousness refers to itself -
how?
