Can a Person Be Self-Evident?
Some Epistemologists Deny That Any Proposition Can Be Self-Evident. for Most Others, One's Belief That Oneself Is Conscious Is Offered as an Example of...
Some epistemologists deny that any proposition can be self-evident. For most others, one's belief that oneself is conscious is offered as an example of self-evidence. However, one's belief that someone else is conscious is not epistemically self-evident.
What is being self-evident?
: evident without proof or reasoning.
What is an example of self-evident?
Self-evident means you don't really even have to think about it. It has to be true. The truths of mathematics, for example, are often thought of as self-evident. ... It is tautological, meaning it is true, sure, but not because it is self-evident: It is true because we made it that way.