Is there a seeming contradiction in Kumārila’s account of I-cognition? (opens in new tab)

Suguru Ishimura and I are currently preparing a heavily annotated English translation of Ślokavārttika ātmavāda, verses 107–139, the section concerned with I-cognition (ahampratyaya). The translation is to appear in a Kumārila Reader, edited by Elisa Freschi and Nilanjan Das. After looking at our first draft, Elisa recently published two posts on this blog on the topic of Kumārila and I-cognition. I’d like to respond to both of these: to post two responses to her first and two responses to he...