Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter 1
2. Table of contents 5
3. Preface 7
4. Kinds of selves: A comparative view on the development of intentionality and self-consciousness^** 13
5. How social is the self? Perspective, interaction and dialogue 35
6. Developmental aspects of consciousness: How much theory of mind do you need to be consciously aware?^* 53
7. Back Matter 205
8. What does it mean to possess a subjective perspective? The relation between basic forms of consciousness and the establishing of a subjective perspective¹ 73
9. Developing an understanding of self and others – how can studies on early action understanding inform us about the preverbal development of understanding self? 91
10. What do social contexts explain? Considerations on an explanatory circle 115
11. Self-objectivation and sharing mental control as a social part of self-consciousness. Evidence from social development of human infants 141
12. A developmental theory of self-models: individual-cognitive and social-cognitive dimensions of self-consciousness 161
13. Reference to self. A Sternian approach to the first steps in language development 187
14. Register of Persons 205