Is there a seeming contradiction in Kumārila’s account of I-cognition?

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 Continue reading Is there a seeming contradiction in Kumārila’s account of I-cognition?