The philosopher's "I" : autobiography and the search for the self /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wright, J. Lenore, 1972-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2006]
Subjects:	Autobiography. Philosophers > Biography > History and criticism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Writing the self
Groundwork for a study of autobiography
Writing the examined life
The rationale for autobiographical writing
Autobiography as confession
Features of autobiographical writing
Conclusions
Bifurcating the self
Self-ascription and self-description
The inner self
The outer self
Conclusions
Masking the self
Deception and concealment
Knowledge and truth in autobiography
Self-deception
Self-concealment
Self-masking
Conclusions
Tranforming the self
The dialectic of philosophical autobiography
Interpretation and understanding
Gracia on interpretation
Gadamer on truth in interpretation
Nietzsche and the subversion of the self.