Kinds of self-consciousness - Review of Bermudez on self-consciousness

My review has three parts: First, I characterise Bermudez's main argument and try to present some clarification of the kinds of self-consciousness between which we should distinguish. Second, the Language-Thought-Principle is briefly discussed as I argue that we have to distinguish the linguistic expression, the thought expressed, and the individual cognitive situation of the speaker, listener or thinker. Finally, I argue that the Symmetry Thesis (the idea that a subject's self-awareness is constitutively linked to his awareness of other minds), which Bermudez defends, does not allow the drawing of any inferences, concerning either the relation between the neural correlates of self-awareness, or the awareness of other minds.