Self-Consciousness
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · 2017 · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This source is used as context evidence across 2 linked claims and 5 related evidence hubs. Its citation record is marked verified; that verifies the source trail, not the truth of any linked claim.
Summary
Philosophical reference on self-consciousness, self-reference, unity of consciousness, and the relation between self-awareness and the objective world.
How this source is used on the map
Useful for separating serious philosophy of self from spiritualized higher-self language.
Citation record
- Authors
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Year
- 2017
- Publication
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Source type
- Philosophy reference
- Map role
- context
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- Not recorded
- PubMed
- Not recorded
- Not recorded
Linked claims
A useful psychological scaffold and ancient idea. The literal claim that a wiser self exists outside ordinary mind is interpretation.
The view that only my own mind is certain to exist; everything else might be a projection. Cartesian doubt pushed to its limit.
Related evidence hubs
Life purpose, growth, synchronicity, soul groups, destiny.
Growth, suffering, synchronicity, calling.
The nature of subjective experience.
What consciousness is, how it relates to brains, and whether it's basic to reality.
Mind–brain relation, qualia, intentionality.
Related research reports
Related sources
Places solipsism inside the broader skeptical tradition rather than treating it as an empirical worldview.
Use this as the philosophical background for solipsism and for disputed minds in non-human or artificial systems. It is context, not direct evidence that any specific entity is conscious.
Gives the higher-self page a tradition-side psychological source while keeping Jung's Self distinct from a literal external guide.
Use this as a terminology map. It shows how popular spirituality blends traditions, but it does not establish that a literal higher self exists or can communicate independently.
Useful general-audience entry point; the SEP 'Other Minds' entry is the deeper academic reference.
A central philosophical challenge to solipsistic pictures of meaning, language, and private experience.