Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness

In Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness Pierre Keller examines Kant''s theory of self-consciousness and argues that it succeeds in explaining how both subjective and objective experience are possible. Previous interpretations of Kant''s theory have held that he treats all self-consciousness as knowledge of objective states of affairs and also that self-consciousness can be interpreted as knowledge of personal identity. By developing this striking new interpretation Keller is able to argue that transcendental self-consciousness underwrites a general theory of objectivity and subjectivity at the same time.