The Problem of Identification in Performative Interpretation of Cogito.

Student: Tikhonova Alina

Educational Programme: Philosophy (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2016

The thesis is devoted to analysis of the problem of the identification in performative interpretation of cogito. There are given the description of cogito and it's performative interpretation in this paper. The main part of the thesis is dedicated to the examination of some of the main ideas of the performative interpretation through ideas of neuropsychology with the aim of uncovering problems of this interpretation. The main assumption of this thesis is that two types of identification suggested by J. Hintikka are not enough for identification of the self.

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