Concept
Philosophy of self
Overview
Philosophy of self examines the idea of the self at a conceptual level. It is often regarded as part of the broader philosophy of subjectivity.
Many different ideas on what constitutes self have been proposed, including the self being an activity, the self being independent of the senses, the bundle theory of the self, the self as a narrative center of gravity, and the self as a linguistic or social construct rather than a physical entity. The self (or its non-existence) is also an important concept in Eastern philosophy, including Buddhist philosophy.
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Thought moreover is simple, whilst the activities of the brain are compounded of the elementary activities of each of its parts. Furthermore, thought is spontaneous or free, whilst all material activity is determined _ab extra_; and the will can turn itself against all corporeal goods and appetites, which would be impossible were it a corporeal function. For these objective reasons the principle of psychic life must…
William James, The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1
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It is the essential logical function of the consciousness of self to stimulate the valuation processes which take their rise in the stage of reflective thought thus attained. The consciousness of self is a peculiarly baffling theme for discussion from whatever point of view, because one finds its meaning shifting constantly between the two extremes of a subjectivity to which "all objects of…
John Dewey, Studies in Logical Theory
Close in meaning to Philosophy of self; the term itself is not named.
The various emotions of our own will can alone be the object of this inner sense; for the process of representation itself cannot over again be perceived, but, at the very utmost, only be once more brought to consciousness in rational reflection, that second power of representing: that is, _in abstracto_. Therefore also, simple representation (intuition) is to thinking proper--that is, to knowing by means of…
Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, and On the Will in Nature
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Philosophers who discussed Philosophy of self
Related ideas
- Ātman (Hinduism)
- Emotion
- Avicenna
- Philosophical realism
- Hinduism
- Immanuel Kant
- Eastern philosophy
- Fictionalism
- John Locke
- On the Soul
- Mind–body dualism
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Skandha
- Adi Shankara
- Metaphysics
- Eastern world
- Thomas Nagel
- Vijñāna
- Middle Way
- Western world
- Nirvana
- Observation
- Plato
- Bhagavad Gita
Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of Ethical egoism.