The haecceity theory and perspectival limitation

Impressive work has been done in recent years in attempting to understand how self-awareness is related to other sorts of awareness. One theory of this relation is what I shall call the haecceity theory. In spite of its many accomplishments, I shall argue that the haecceity theory is flawed beyond hope. This defect alone would be cause for alarm, for the haecceity theory has its followers. However, much more than the haecceity theory is at stake; rather an entire (and dominant) way of thinking about awareness and self-awareness must be abandoned. To begin to clarify these cursory remarks, I turn first to the haecceity theory itself.