The Practices of the Self

by Charles Larmore

What is the nature of the fundamental relation we have to ourselves that makes each of us a self? To answer this question, Charles Larmore develops a systematic theory of the self, challenging the widespread view that the self's defining relation to itself is to have an immediate knowledge of its own thoughts. On the contrary, Larmore maintains, our essential relation to ourselves is practical, as is clear when we consider the nature of belief and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226468879
• ISBN13: 9780226468877
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"