Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2019. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. Don’t worry if some of the anxieties look either incredibly trivial or tragi-comically large. Self-Knowledge is a useful quick read with helpful exercises. A big modern response looks to genetics for answers: it tells us that we have a specific genetic inheritance and (via many complex processes) that this inheritance shapes our adult personality. This book also includes explanations of sexual symbols. Do we have ‘privileged access’ to our own minds? Fiona Buckland did a decent job narrating, but I would've preferred more emotion in her voice. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. But the idea of such a tree sits upon a universal and still highly relevant concern: irrespective of the financial and status details of our families, we all have another significant legacy to grapple with, in that each of us is the recipient of an emotional inheritance, largely unknown to us, yet enormously influential in determining our day-to-day behaviour, and normally in rather negative or complex directions. It also gives historical background of great interest in itself and also helpful for framing the contemporary controversies. Please try again. The problem of self-knowledge is one of the most fascinating in all of philosophy and has crucial significance for the philosophy of mind and epistemology. So much so that I do not feel competent to summarize the entire movement of the book after only a single reading. (The School of Life Library). After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. : The Philosophy of Problem Solving. - Luca Ferrero, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, USA, "This is an outstanding piece of work. This book takes us on a journey into our deepest, most elusive selves and arms us with a set of tools to understand our characters properly. Skip to main content. Lao Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher, who lived in the 6th century BC, put it best: “He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.” Whether […] There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. This book explores the idea that self-knowledge comes in many varieties. By explaining some of our behaviors, impulses and their roots, it gives a choice to lead a more aware, fulfilled and conscious life and strive to making weighed decisions. Does introspection provide a grasp of a thinking self or ‘I’? Self-Knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus by Charles Griswold, jr. is one of the best books on Plato I have ever read. Practical unpacking Walk yourself through the practical challenge. This short book touches on all the right issues with just enough explanation to give voice to the things we all feel but struggle at times to identify and describe. Free delivery on qualified orders. Huge relief can now come from what we call ‘unpacking’ an anxiety. Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2019. In this outstanding introduction Brie Gertler assesses the leading theoretical approaches to self-knowledge, explaining the work of many of the key figures in the field: from Descartes and Kant, through to Bertrand Russell and Gareth Evans, as well as recent work by Tyler Burge, David Chalmers, William Lycan and Sydney Shoemaker. Try Prime EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Orders Try Prime Cart. 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