On the Self-consciousness Theory of Fichte's Early Philosophy
Kant proposed the theory of transcendental apperception as the su-preme principle of human knowledge,but limited to the standpoint of critical philosophy,he could not explain this principle thoroughly.In order to over-come the remaining dualism in Kant's philosophy,Fichte constructed a sci-ence of knowledge based on absolute selfhood,trying to lay the foundation of human knowledge through self-enlightenment of pure self-consciousness.Howev-er,due to the antithesis structure of experiential consciousness,was unable to truly achieve the original unity between subject and object,and could on-ly strive endlessly for the unity between self and non-self in practical philos-ophy.In this regard,Fichte refined his expression by emphasizing the agen-cy of self through rational intuition and internalized the conflicting structure of consciousness within oneself as an act.Nevertheless,these improvements merely perfected his own position within subjective idealism,and his self-con-sciousness theory is still facing internal difficulties.
self-consciousnessthe science of knowledgeintellectual intuitionab-solute self