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This is the first word in the title of a Beatrice Longuenesse book that details how Kant analyzed its use with the fallacy of sophisma figurae dictionis. In English and German, this is the third word in each of the “three questions” of the Critique of Pure Reason, which refutes “paralogisms” (-5[1])that identify this word with a simple substance. (10[1])Per Kant, this is the first of two words in a phrase that “must be able to accompany all our representations,” (-5[1])creating the unity of apperception. By analysis of the law A=A (“A equals A”), this word is argued to create its “not” counterpart by a “fact-act” in which it “posits itself absolutely” in (10[1])Johann (10[1])Fichte’s (10[2])Wissenschaftslehre (10[1])(“VISS-en-shofts-LAIR-uh”). A 1923 (10[1])book hyphenates this word with “it” to name a relation that posits a world of experienced (10[1])objects. (10[1])For 10 points, what word is paired with “thou” (10[1])in the (10[1])title (10[2])of a book by Martin (10[1])Buber? (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: I [or ich; accept ego or self; accept I and Thou, Ich und Du, das Ich, “I think,” “Ich denk,” or I, Me, Mine: Back to Kant, and Back Again] (Kant’s three questions are “What can I know?” “What must I do?” and “What may I hope?”)
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