The Self: A History explores the ways in which the concept of an
'I' or a 'self' has been developed and deployed at different times
in the history of Western Philosophy. It also offers a striking
contrast case, the 'interconnected' self, who appears in some
expressions of African Philosophy. The I or self seems engulfed in
paradoxes. We are selves and we seem to be conscious of ourselves,
yet it is very difficult to say what a self is. Although we refer
to ourselves, when we try to find or locate ourselves, the I seems
elusive. We can find human bodies, but we do not refer to ourselves
by referring to our bodies: we do not know that we are raising our
hands or thinking hard by looking at our arms or catching a glimpse
of our furrowed brows in a mirror. The essays in this volume engage
many philosophical resources-metaphysics, epistemology,
phenomenology, philosophy of psychology and philosophy of
language-to try to shed needed light on these puzzles.
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