The Self : A History Paperback / softback
Part of the Oxford Philosophical Concepts series
Paperback / softback
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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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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:408 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:08/11/2021
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- ISBN:9780190087258
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:408 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:08/11/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780190087258
