Abstract
The self, the ‘I think’, my existence as an intelligence, the thinking subject, apperception,
the person—all of these and the relationships between them form the subject matter of
Arthur Melnick’s brilliant new book on Kant. Indeed, every one of these notions is
brought into play by the end of the very first paragraph of the preface. This is a difficult book, primarily suited to the specialist, yet its difficulty only rarely lies in unclarity or
confusion. The theory of the self that it outlines and explores is as subtle, intricate and
forcefully argued for as it is original, stimulating and highly controversial.