Self Knowledge for Beginners

"In the beginning was the Deed! ... needs several companions as helpers: Light: The effective egoism is connected, for example, with self-knowledge – otherwise it would strive for things which are not beneficial for the person at all.

Author: Harry Eilenstein

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

ISBN: 9783753491165

Category: Religion

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In the end, you are the only one who may recognize yourself. You can be so different (everyone has a different horoscope) and you can be in such different situations (orphan in Brazil, mother with six children in Germany, old man in China) that there can be no instruction to self knowledge for everyone. But at least there are universal structures such as the soul, the dynamic of a horoscope, the relationship mandala or the chakra system that can help in one's orientation and also in choosing a promising direction in which to search for one's source. This book gives an overview of many of these possible approaches.
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Self Knowledge

Beginning Philosophy Right Here and Now Stephen Hetherington. Stephen Hetherington BEGINNING PHILOSOPHY RIGHT HERE AND NOW Self-Knowledge Self-Knowledge BEGINNING PHILOSOPHY RIGHT HERE AND NOW Stephen Hetherington ...

Author: Stephen Hetherington

Publisher: Broadview Press

ISBN: 9781770482364

Category: Philosophy

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Self-Knowledge introduces philosophical ideas about knowledge and the self. The book takes the form of a personal meditation: it is one person’s attempt to reflect philosophically upon vital aspects of his existence. It shows how profound philosophy can swiftly emerge from intense private reflection upon the details of one’s life and, thus, will help the reader take the first steps toward philosophical self-understanding. Along the way, readers will encounter moments of puzzlement, then clarity, followed by more perplexity and further insights, and then—finally—some philosophical peace of mind.
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Emotional Self Knowledge

... of narrative and narrative thinking are very useful for the analysis of love and its effects on self-understanding, ... Firstly, according to Schechtman, narratives and romantic relationships are limited wholes with a beginning, ...

Author: Alba Montes Sánchez

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9781000890495

Category: Philosophy

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This volume sheds light on the affective dimensions of self-knowledge and the roles that emotions and other affective states play in promoting or obstructing our knowledge of ourselves. It is the first book specifically devoted to the issue of affective self-knowledge. The relation between self-knowledge and human emotions is an often emphasized, but poorly articulated one. While philosophers of emotion tend to give affectivity a central role in making us who we are, the philosophical literature on self-knowledge focuses overwhelmingly on cognitive states and does not give a special place to the emotions. Currently there is little dialogue between both fields or with other philosophical traditions that have important contributions to make to this topic, such as phenomenology and Asian philosophy. This volume brings together philosophers from the relevant fields to explore two related sets of questions: First, do philosophers of emotion exaggerate the importance of our affective lives in making us who we are? Or is it philosophers of self-knowledge who misunderstand emotions? Second, what is the role of emotions in self-knowledge? What sort of self-knowledge can be secured by paying attention to our emotions? Emotional Self-Knowledge is an essential resource for researchers and advanced students working on philosophy of emotion, philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophical psychology, and phenomenology.
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Consciousness and Self Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy

Toward the beginning of the Dialogue, Catherine of Siena also uses the metaphor of a tree to explain the relation between humility, selfknowledge, and love. First, she asks us to imagine a tree with a shoot grafted into its side, ...

Author: Gyula Klima

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

ISBN: 9781527522060

Category: Philosophy

Page: 115

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Contemporary introductions to the theme of self-knowledge too often trace its emergence in the history of philosophy to thinkers such as René Descartes and David Hume. Whereas Descartes conceives of self-knowledge as intimate and first-personal, Hume contends that it is limited to our awareness of our impressions and ideas. In point of fact, self-knowledge is a perennial theme. We may, for instance, trace the lineage of Hume and Descartes on these matters to Aristotle and Plato, respectively. This volume studies philosophical treatments of self-knowledge in the Medieval Latin West. It comprises two sets of papers; the first is taken from an author-meets-critics session on Therese Scarpelli-Cory’s Aquinas on Human Self Knowledge, which advances the thesis that Aquinas’s theory of self-knowledge wherein the intellect grasps itself in its activity bridges the divide between mediated and first-personal self-knowledge. The second set of papers discuss self-knowledge in terms of self-fulfilment. Authors look to Aquinas’s account of how we can know when we have acquired the virtues necessary for human happiness, as well as the medieval traditions of mysticism and theology, which offer accounts of transformative self-knowledge, the fulfilment that this brings to our emotional and physical selves, and the authority to teach and counsel about what this awareness confers.
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Self knowledge

Self-knowledge is, in fact, often portrayed as the first step in mystical progress. ... for instance, the Flemish beguine Hadewijch's first vision involves being shown the tree of “the knowledge of ourselves” as the beginning of her ...

Author: Ursula Renz

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780190226428

Category: History

Page: 353

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"Self-knowledge is often taken to constitute both the beginning and the end of humans' search for wisdom. Not surprisingly, the Delphic injunction 'Know thyself' has fascinated philosophers of different times, backgrounds, and tempers. This book explores how the search for wisdom is reflected in conceptions of self-knowledge throughout the history of philosophy and human culture."--Publisher's description.
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Self Knowledge

(forthcoming) Self-knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Heil, John (1988) “Privileged Access.” Mind 97: 238–251. Hetherington, Stephen (2007) Self-knowledge: Beginning Philosophy Right Here and Now.

Author: Brie Gertler

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781136858123

Category: Philosophy

Page: 326

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How do you know your own thoughts and feelings? Do we have ‘privileged access’ to our own minds? Does introspection provide a grasp of a thinking self or ‘I’? 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. 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. Beginning with an outline of the distinction between self-knowledge and self-awareness and providing essential historical background to the problem, Gertler addresses specific theories of self-knowledge such as the acquaintance theory, the inner sense theory, and the rationalist theory, as well as leading accounts of self-awareness. The book concludes with a critical explication of the dispute between empiricist and rationalist approaches. Including helpful chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary, Self Knowledge is essential reading for those interested in philosophy of mind, epistemology, and personal identity.
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Self Knowledge Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

INTRODUCTION Questions about the nature, scope, and sources of self-knowledge have exercised epistemologists and philosophers of mind at least since Descartes. ... Self-Knowledge: Beginning Philosophy Right Here and Now.

Author: Oxford University Press

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 0199809070

Category: Philosophy

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This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of social work find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study Philosophy. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.oxfordbibligraphies.com.
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Self knowledge for Humans

Gertler, B. (2008), 'Self-Knowledge', Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, <http://plato. ... Hetherington, S. (2007), Self-Knowledge: Beginning Philosophy Right Here and Now (Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press).

Author: Quassim Cassam

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780199657575

Category: Philosophy

Page: 253

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Humans are not model epistemic citizens. Our reasoning can be careless, our beliefs eccentric, and our desires irrational. Quassim Cassam develops a new account of self-knowledge which recognises this feature of human life. He argues that self-knowledge is a genuine cognitive achievement, and that self-ignorance is almost always on the cards.
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Self Knowledge

Higher Knowledge, the Guardian of the Threshold and the Power of Christ Rudolf Steiner ... And the oppressive feeling I have described is itself the beginning of true self-knowledge. To experience ourselves in error in our relationship ...

Author: Rudolf Steiner

Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press

ISBN: 9781855844537

Category: Religion

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Many spiritual traditions speak of a ‘guardian’ or ‘dweller’ who protects the threshold to the spiritual world, warning the unprepared to pause in their quest for access to higher knowledge. The Guardian reveals the consequences of our negative actions and points to the full reality of our untransformed nature. This experience is said to be one of the deepest and most harrowing on the inner path, but is an essential precondition to any form of true initiation. The words ‘Know thyself’ were inscribed at the forecourt of the ancient Greek Temple of Apollo. Those who sought initiation in ‘the mysteries’ were thus instructed first to look within themselves. Likewise today, as spiritual seekers we need true self-knowledge, to distinguish between what belongs to our consciousness and what is objectively part of the spiritual environment. Rudolf Steiner taught that as long as we draw back from such knowledge, our spiritual quest will be unsuccessful. When we begin engaging with anthroposophy, it becomes clear that Steiner’s teachings are not a doctrine or set of dogmas, but a path towards deeper insights. In this essential handbook, the editor has drawn together many of Rudolf Steiner’s statements on the intricate and arduous path of self-knowledge, offering ongoing support and guidance.Chapters include: The Importance of Self-Knowledge for Acquiring Higher Knowledge; Seeking to Form an Idea of the ‘Guardian of the Threshold’; The Guardian of the Threshold and Some Characteristics of Supersensible Consciousness; Morality on the Path of Knowledge; Self-Knowledge and Nearness to Christ; The Powers of Christ in Our Own Life; Knowing Ourselves in the Other; Self-Knowledge – World-Knowledge.
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Knowledge and Self Knowledge in Plato s Theaetetus

Theaetetus complies and answers that perception appears (phainetai) to be the same as knowledge—beginning what turns out to be a thorough investigation of Protagoras's homo mensura and Heraclitus's doctrine of flux.

Author: Tschemplik

Publisher: Lexington Books

ISBN: 9780739130339

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

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Knowledge and Self-Knowledge in Plato's Theaetetus advances a new explanation for the apparent failure of the Theaetetus to come to a satisfactory conclusion about the definition of knowledge. Tschemplik argues that understanding this aporetic dialogue in light of the fact that it was conducted with two noted mathematicians shows that for Plato, mathematics was not the paradigm for philosophy. She points out that, although mathematics is clearly an important part of the philosopher's training, as the educational outline of the Republic makes clear, the point on which the mathematician falls short is the central role that self-knowledge plays in philosophical investigation. Theaetetus betrays this deficiency and is led by Socrates to an understanding of the benefits of self-knowledge understood as the knowledge of ignorance. Tschemplik concludes that it is the absence of self-knowledge in the Theaetetus which leads to its closing impasse regarding knowledge. This book will be of interest to scholars and graduate students in the history of philosophy with a special interest in ancient philosophy, and will also be accessible to upper-level undergraduates in ancient philosophy.
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