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Sociological theories --- Self-knowledge, Theory of --- Connaissance de soi --- #SBIB:316.23H1 --- #SBIB:022.TOND --- Kennissociologie

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An amnesia victim who asks "Who am I?" means something different from a confused adolescent asking the same question. Marya Schechtman takes issue with analytic philosophy's emphasis on the first sort of question to the exclusion of the second. The problem of personal identity, she suggests, is usually understood to be a question about historical life. What she calls the "reidentification question" is taken to be the real metaphysical question of personal identity, whereas questions about beliefs or values and the actions they prompt - the "characterization question"--Are often presented as merely metaphorical. Failure to recognize the philosophical importance of both, Schechtman argues, has undermined analytic philosophy's attempts to offer a satisfying account of personal identity. Considerations related to the characterization question creep unrecognized into discussions of reidentification, with the result that neither question is adequately addressed. Schechtman shows how separating the two allows for a more fruitful approach to the reidentification question, and she develops her own narrative account of characterization.

Philosophical anthropology --- Identity (Philosophical concept) --- Self. --- Self-knowledge, Theory of. --- Individuality. --- Zelfkennis. --- Individualiteit. --- Identiteit. --- Identity (Philosophical concept).

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This volume brings together some of the most important and influential recent writings on knowledge of oneself and of one's own thoughts, sensations, and experiences. The essays give valuable insights into such fundamental philosophical issues as personal identity, the nature of consciousness, the relation between mind and body, and knowledge of other minds. [publisher's description]

Connaissance de soi [Theorie de la ] --- Knowledge [Reflexive ] --- Knowledge of self [Theory of ] --- Self-knowledge [Theory of ] --- Zelfkennis [Theorie van de ] --- Self-knowledge, Theory of. --- #GROL:SEMI-130.171 --- Philosophical anthropology --- Self-knowledge, Theory of --- #GROL:SEMI-101<08> Oxfo --- Introspection (Theory of knowledge) --- Knowledge, Reflexive --- Knowledge of self, Theory of --- Reflection (Theory of knowledge) --- Reflexive knowledge --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Personality (Theory of knowledge) --- Self (Philosophy)

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The acquisition of self-knowledge is often described as one of the main goals of philosophical inquiry. At the same time, some sort of self-knowledge is often regarded as a necessary condition of our being a human agent or human subject. Thus self-knowledge is taken to constitute both the beginning and the end of humans' search for wisdom, and as such it is intricately bound up with the very idea of philosophy. Not surprisingly therefore, the Delphic injunction 'Know thyself' has fascinated philosophers of different times, backgrounds, and tempers.But how can we make sense of this imperative? What is self-knowledge and how is it achieved? What are the structural features that distinguish self-knowledge from other types of knowledge? What role do external, second- and third-personal, sources of knowledge play in the acquisition of self-knowledge? How can we account for the moral impact ascribed to self-knowledge? Is it just a form of anthropological knowledge that allows agents to act in accordance with their aims? Or, does self-knowledge ultimately ennoble the self of the subjects having it? Finally, is self-knowledge, or its completion, a goal that may be reached at all?The book addresses these questions in fifteen chapters covering approaches of many philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Edmund Husserl or Elisabeth Anscombe. The short reflections inserted between the chapters show that the search for self-knowledge is an important theme in literature, poetry, painting and self-portraiture from Homer.

Philosophical anthropology --- History of philosophy --- Self-knowledge, Theory of --- History. --- Théorie de la connaissance --- Histoire --- Self (Philosophy) --- Moi (Philosophie) --- Connaissance de soi --- Histoire.

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Metaphysics --- Theory of knowledge --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Comprehension (Theory of knowledge) --- Self-knowledge, Theory of. --- Ontology. --- Ethics. --- Catholic Church --- Doctrines. --- Doctrines