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Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge (Paperback)
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Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge (Paperback)
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Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge takes the
reader on tour of the nature, value, and limits of self-knowledge.
Mitchell S. Green calls on classical sources like Plato and
Descartes, 20th-century thinkers like Freud, recent developments in
neuroscience and experimental psychology, and even Buddhist
philosophy to explore topics at the heart of who we are. The result
is an unvarnished look at both the achievements and drawbacks of
the many attempts to better know one's own self. Key topics in this
volume include: Knowledge - what it means to know, the link between
wisdom and knowledge, and the value of living an "examined life"
Personal identity - questions of dualism (the idea that our mind is
not only our brain), bodily continuity, and personhood The
unconscious - including the kind posited by psychoanalysis as well
as the form proposed by recent research on the so-called adaptive
unconscious Free will - if we have it, and the recent arguments
from neuroscience challenging it Self-misleading - the ways we
willfully deceive ourselves, and how this relates to empathy, peer
disagreement, implicit bias, and intellectual humility Experimental
psychology - considerations on the automaticity of emotion and
other cognitive processes, and how they shape us This book is
designed to be used in conjunction with the free 'Know Thyself'
MOOC (massive open online course) created through collaboration of
the University of Connecticut's Project on Humility and Conviction
in Public Life, and the University of Edinburgh's Eidyn research
centre, and hosted on the Coursera platform
(https://www.coursera.org/learn/know-thyself). The book is also
suitable as a text for interdisciplinary courses in the philosophy
of mind or self-knowledge, and is highly recommended for anyone
looking for a short overview of this fascinating topic.
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