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(1989) The circle of acquaintance, Dordrecht, Kluwer.
In having an experience, which is a conscious mental process, one has a direct awareness of the experience, and of oneself as subject of the experience. Indeed, what makes the experience conscious is just that awareness of the experience as it transpires. And it is in just that awareness that one is acquainted with one's experience, and with oneself.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0961-8_3
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Smith, D.W. (1989). Consciousness and self-awareness, in The circle of acquaintance, Dordrecht, Kluwer, pp. 70-111.
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