Describing ourselves : Wittgenstein and autobiographical consciousness / Garry L. Hagberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hagberg, Garry, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Autobiography.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages)

Other Title:

Wittgenstein and autobiographical consciousness

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The voluminous writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein contain some of the most profound reflections of recent times on the nature of the human subject and self-understanding - the human condition, philosophically speaking. Describing Ourselves mines those extensive writings for a conception of the self that stands in striking contrast to its predecessors as well as its more recent alternatives. More specifically, the book offers a detailed discussion of Wittgenstein's laterwritings on language and mind as they hold special significance for the understanding and clarification of the distinctive charac

Contents:

Introduction: Confronting the Cartesian Legacy

1. Autobiographical Consciousness

2. The Self, Reflected

3. The Self, Speaking

4. The Self, Thinking

5. The Question of True Self-Interpretation

6. The Uniqueness of Person-Perception

7. Rethinking Self-Interpretation

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-969842-2

1-281-85274-0

9786611852740

0-19-155286-0

OCLC:

268661704