Self-Knowledge and the Self

In this clear and reasoned discussion of self- knowledge and the self, the author asks whether it is really possible to know ourselves as we really are. He illuminates issues about the nature of self-identity which are of fundamental importance in moral psychology, epistemology and literary criticism. Jopling focuses on the accounts of Stuart Hampshire, Jean-Paul Sartre and Richard Rorty, and dialogical philosophical psychology and illustrates his argument with examples from literature, drama and psychology.

Autorentext

David A. Jopling

Inhalt

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 APPROACHES TO THE SELF; Chapter 3 SELF-DETACHMENT AND SELF-KNOWLEDGE; Chapter 4 A MYSTERY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT; Chapter 5 "THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES" IRONY, CONTINGENCY, AND THE LIGHTNESS OF BEING; Chapter 6 DIALOGIC SELF-KNOWING; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY Index;