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Self-Knowledge: Beginning Philosophy Right Here and Now

Autor Stephen Hetherington
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 mar 2007
Self-Knowledge introduces philosophical ideas about knowledge and the self. The book takes the form of a personal meditation: it is one person’s attempt to reflect philosophically upon vital aspects of his existence. It shows how profound philosophy can swiftly emerge from intense private reflection upon the details of one’s life and, thus, will help the reader take the first steps toward philosophical self-understanding. Along the way, readers will encounter moments of puzzlement, then clarity, followed by more perplexity and further insights, and then—finally—some philosophical peace of mind.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781551117980
ISBN-10: 1551117983
Pagini: 180
Dimensiuni: 140 x 184 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: BROADVIEW PR
Colecția Broadview Press
Locul publicării:Peterborough, Canada

Recenzii

Self-Knowledge introduces philosophical ideas about knowledge and the self. The book takes the form of a personal meditation: it is one person’s attempt to reflect philosophically upon vital aspects of his existence. It shows how profound philosophy can swiftly emerge from intense private reflection upon the details of one’s life and, thus, will help the reader take the first steps toward philosophical self-understanding. Along the way, readers will encounter moments of puzzlement, then clarity, followed by more perplexity and further insights, and then—finally—some philosophical peace of mind.

“Hetherington’s little book is an amazing combination of sophistication and innocence. The format is Cartesian and the basic intuitions are about the search for self-understanding, but by means of a clever focus the conclusions are fallibilist and body-oriented. Readers should react vociferously to this appealing and direct tour of many philosophical problems, more closely argued than the relaxed style suggests. It has the distinction of doing justice to the disturbing quality of philosophical questions without blather or pretension.” — Adam Morton, Canada Research Chair in Epistemology and Decision Theory, University of Alberta
“Stephen Hetherington’s Self-Knowledge is a unique and fascinating introduction to philosophy. It manages to combine a lucid, unpretentious style with a genuinely insightful treatment of some of the deepest and most baffling problems of philosophy. What sets it apart from so many introductions is the way it engages with readers in a fresh and direct way to use philosophical reasoning to think about their own lives. An exceptional book.” — Tim Crane, Professor of Philosophy, University College London

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Why?
Learning with this Book
Knowing One’s Physical Nature
  1. “I’ve just gotta be me”
  2. My left hand
  3. Other body parts
  4. Hidden body parts
  5. A methodological moment: being philosophical
  6. Mirrors
  7. My skin
  8. Family photographs
  9. My brain
  10. A motivational moment
  11. Overview of the day
    Further Reading
Knowing One’s Mental Nature
  1. “The real me, the inner me”
  2. A non-physical me?
  3. Another methodological moment: introspection
  4. Listening to one’s mind
  5. Discovering myself? Creating myself?
  6. Partial people?
  7. An underlying self?
  8. Whose thoughts are these?
  9. A persisting self?
  10. An unchanging inner self?
  11. Memories
  12. A valuable inner self?
  13. Intelligence
  14. Moral worth
  15. Personal values
  16. Inner character
  17. Free will
  18. A pause
  19. Overview of the day
    Further Reading
What Kind of Thing Would Self-Knowledge Be?
  1. Some pessimism about knowing what self-knowledge is
  2. Some optimism about knowing what self-knowledge is
  3. Self-knowledge and other knowledge
  4. Floating minds
  5. Deeply unique self-knowledge
  6. Mere opinion
  7. Self-confidence
  8. Accurate confidence
  9. Luck
  10. Normal circumstances
  11. Reliability
  12. Good evidence
  13. Agreeing with other people
  14. Unusual knowledge
  15. Self-knowledge
  16. Where to next?
  17. Overview of the day
    Further Reading
How Might Self-Knowledge Be Gained?
  1. Methods? Which methods?
  2. Intuition
  3. Dreams
  4. Literature and movies
  5. Actions
  6. Psychological and medical studies
  7. Friends and family
  8. Experience and maturity
  9. Back to basics
  10. Tomorrow, into battle
  11. Overview of the day
    Further Reading
Confronting Doubts about Whether Self-Knowledge is Possible
  1. Doubts, more doubts
  2. Sensing and observing
  3. Reasoning and memory
  4. Complexity
  5. Meaning
  6. Inductive reasoning
  7. Test case: love
  8. Self-deception
  9. Self-involvement? Self-detachment?
  10. Dreaming and the senses
  11. Knowing something fallibly
  12. Usual knowledge
  13. Infallibility
  14. Two pictures of fallibility
  15. Living fallibly
  16. “That’s life”
  17. Philosophical progress
  18. Overview of the day
    Further Reading
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