The subject-as-object problem.
Thinking about oneself as a subject leaves unanswered fundamental questions about one's identity as an object: about which thing one is, about what kind of thing one is, and about whether one exists at all. I put forward a new way of thinking about these questions by outlining the subject-as-object...
| Publicado en: | Inquiry Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 199 - 222 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2026
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