Thank you so much for another great video. This always remind me of Bayes' theorem and Bertrand Russell's set theory paradox, which the apriori in the mind's statistical measure of the self is always self-referential.
A very interesting connection, and surprising one as well! Set theory also comes up in Lacan who explicitly links it with the subject, though his use of it ties to Godel's incompleteness theorem, arguing how the self-referential system always leaves something out that it cannot account for. (not familiar with Russell's set theory paradox so not sure how similar that idea is to Lacan's use of Godel).
Thank you for this video-it helped me grasp Sartre’s “circuit of selfness.” Question…if the ego is an in-itself, then is it necessarily an unconscious? I was reading the text as though the ego were the self made into an object for consciousness. Cheers!
it’s a good question. I think the way Sartre conceives of the unconscious is either a reification of nature (“instincts”), which fits with the idea of the in itself. or as a misguided concept and a form of bad faith wherein we deny the awareness that we in fact have by lying to ourselves. The ego would be an objectification of the self into a set of traits.
Thank you so much for another great video. This always remind me of Bayes' theorem and Bertrand Russell's set theory paradox, which the apriori in the mind's statistical measure of the self is always self-referential.
A very interesting connection, and surprising one as well! Set theory also comes up in Lacan who explicitly links it with the subject, though his use of it ties to Godel's incompleteness theorem, arguing how the self-referential system always leaves something out that it cannot account for. (not familiar with Russell's set theory paradox so not sure how similar that idea is to Lacan's use of Godel).
Thank you very much for another great video !
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Thank you for this video-it helped me grasp Sartre’s “circuit of selfness.” Question…if the ego is an in-itself, then is it necessarily an unconscious? I was reading the text as though the ego were the self made into an object for consciousness. Cheers!
it’s a good question. I think the way Sartre conceives of the unconscious is either a reification of nature (“instincts”), which fits with the idea of the in itself. or as a misguided concept and a form of bad faith wherein we deny the awareness that we in fact have by lying to ourselves. The ego would be an objectification of the self into a set of traits.
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always so grateful for your support Bruce!