Kierkegaard and the Phenomenology of Selfhood

    Authors

    M. Strawser

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Int. Philos. Q.

    Keywords

    Philosophy

    Abstract

    In this paper I first examine the claim that the phenomenological tradition unanimously affirms that the core self is to be found in pre-reflective consciousness. I argue that the notion of the minimal self as first-person subjective givenness is problematic in important ways. Then, following the recent attention given to Kierkegaard as phenomenologist, I ask how Kierkegaard relates to the phenomenology of selfhood. Rather than proceeding directly, however, I argue that we must first consider Kierkegaard's phenomenology of love before we can consider what we might call his phenomenology of selfhood, for the former holds crucial implications for the latter.

    Journal Title

    International Philosophical Quarterly

    Volume

    54

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    59

    Last Page

    74

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000332921200004

    ISSN

    0019-0365

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