Self-Consciousness and Self-Determination

by Ernst Tugendhat

Book Overview

A unique synthesis of the contemporary, Anglo-American philosophical approach with an abiding concern for classical philosophical problems. This book seeks to clarify the precise structure of self-consciousness and self-determination and elucidates their significance for our philosophical understanding of self-knowledge and human agency.The analysis challenges traditional models of theoretical self-knowledge and practical self-relation and elaborates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262700387
• ISBN13: 9780262700382
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher