| Description |
xvii, 201 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Les pratiques du moi (Paris : Presses universitaires de France, c2004). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Sincerity and authenticity. Introduction ; Sartre as guide ; Bad faith and sincerity ; The example of Stendhal ; Reflection and being like another ; Being natural -- Social mimetism. The ubiquity of convention ; Being like another ; Authenticity and the democratic age ; Mimetism and equality ; Being oneself amid conventions -- Reflection and self-knowledge. Authenticity and the nature of the self ; Foundations of a theory of cognitive reflection ; Psychological interpretation ; The structure of cognitive self-reflection ; The self in cognitive reflection -- A normativist conception of the mind. Representing and reasoning ; A critique of autonomy -- Practical reflection. Obligations and avowals ; A defense of first-person authority ; The persistence of the cartesian model ; The key to the mystery ; A final problem ; Conclusion -- being oneself and being like another. Two ways of being oneself ; The domain of authenticity ; The instability of practical reflection ; Authenticity and conversion ; How to be virtuous ; The ends of reflection ; Reflection and its problems -- Prudence and wisdom. The self and time ; The importance of unexpected goods ; Socrates' mistake ; The limits of prudence ; Wisdom. |
| Language |
Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
Self (Philosophy)
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Self (Philosophy) |
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Self-knowledge, Theory of.
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Self-knowledge, Theory of. |
| Added Author |
Bowman, Sharon, 1973- translator.
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| Added Title |
Pratiques du moi. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010025188
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| ISBN |
9780226468877 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226468879 cloth alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
40018873710 |
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