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The Self

A History

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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The Self: A History explores the ways in which the concept of an 'I' or a 'self' has been developed and deployed at different times in the history of Western Philosophy. It also offers a striking contrast case, the 'interconnected' self, who appears in some expressions of African Philosophy. The I or self seems engulfed in paradoxes. We are selves and we seem to be conscious of ourselves, yet it is very difficult to say what a self is. Although we refer to ourselves, when we try to find or locate ourselves, the I seems elusive. We can find human bodies, but we do not refer to ourselves by referring to our bodies: we do not know that we are raising our hands or thinking hard by looking at our arms or catching a glimpse of our furrowed brows in a mirror. The essays in this volume engage many philosophical resources--metaphysics, epistemology, phenomenology, philosophy of psychology and philosophy of language--to try to shed needed light on these puzzles.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-11-08
Mått140 x 206 x 25 mm
Vikt477 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieOxford Philosophical Concepts
Antal sidor408
FörlagOUP USA
MedarbetarePatricia Kitcher
ISBN9780190087258

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ContentsAcknowledgementsSeries Editor's ForewordList of ContributorsIntroduction. Patricia KitcherChapter 1. "Augustine on Cogitation and Self-Constitution: Drawing from and surpassing the Plotinian stance." Pauliina RemesChapter 2. "The Heritage of Ibn Sina's Concept of the Self." Jari KaukuaChapter 3. "Aquinas and 'I': A Medieval Concept of Self." Therese Scarpelli CoryChapter 4. "Cartesian Subjects of Experience as Selves." Vili LähteenmäkiChapter 5. "Locke on Being Self to my Self." Ruth BoekerChapter 6. "Leibniz on the Self." Christian BarthReflection: "Metacognition and the Self-Concept." Janet MetcalfeChapter 7. "The Idea of Self in Hume's Treatise." Don GarrettChapter 8. "Diderot, the Self, and the Science of Dreaming." Charly ColemanReflection: "Caravaggio's Self-Regard." Maria LohChapter 9. "Kant on the Unity of Self-Consciousness and Moral Agency." Patricia KitcherChapter 10. "Self-Awareness and the 'Self' in the Phenomenological Tradition." Sacha GolobReflection: "You are an I": Elisabeth Bishop's "In the Waiting Room." Gary OstertagChapter 11. "Self and Self-Representation in the Long 20th Century: A Critical Discussion." Christopher PeacockeReflection: "Spontaneous Neural Activity and the Self: a Neuroscience Perspective." Alison Hanson and Rafael YusteChapter 12. "Rethinking the Self within an African Philosophical paradigm. (Through poems and songs.)" Antjie KrogBibliographyIndex