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

Main Author: Wright, J. Lenore, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Philosophers > Biography > History and criticism.
Autobiography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Reference.
Philosophers > Biography.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=185021
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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