On Being Me (eBook)

A Personal Invitation to Philosophy

J. David Velleman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20096-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A moral philosopher's meditations on some of life's most important questionsWe've all had to puzzle over such profound matters as birth, death, regret, free will, agency, and love. How might philosophy help us think through these vital concerns? In On Being Me, renowned moral philosopher J. David Velleman presents a concise, accessible, and intimate exploration into subjects that we care deeply about, offering compelling insights into what it means to be human.Each of Velleman's short, personal chapters begins with a theme: "e;Being Glad I Was Born,"e; "e;Wanting to Go On,"e; "e;Fearing the End,"e; "e;Regretting What Might Have Been,"e; "e;Aspiring to Authorship,"e; "e;Making Things Happen,"e; and "e;Wanting to Be Loved."e; Reflecting on how daily life presents us with thorny riddles that need working out, Velleman arrives at unexpected conclusions about survival and personal identity, the self and its future, time and morality, the rationality of regret, free will and personal efficacy, and goodness and love. He shows that we can rely on our own powers of thought to arrive at a better understanding of the most fundamental parts of ourselves-and that the methods of philosophy can help get us there.Beautifully illustrated by New Yorker contributing artist Emily Bernstein, On Being Me invites us to approach life philosophically.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.4.2020
• Illustrationen: Emily Bernstein
• Zusatzinfo: 15 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Schlagworte: Analogy • Anger • a philosophical view of life • a reflective life • Augustine • awareness • a well-examined life • a well-thought out life • Backpack • Bernard Williams • Bryan Magee • Career • Christine Korsgaard • circulatory system • Club sandwich • common human concerns • Consciousness • contemplative books • Daniel Dennett • Decision-Making • Derek Parfit • Descartes • Dying • Edward Craig • efficacy • Elizabeth Anscombe • Existence • Explanation • eye contact • eyelid • Feeling • foreknowledge • Gaze • Gilbert Harman • good faith • grammar • gratification • Gym • Harry Frankfurt • hostility • index finger • invisible ink • Iris Murdoch • issues of time • I Wish (manhwa) • John Kaag • living a philosophical life • living life philosophically • Lunch • Meditations • Mental image • Michael Bratman • Mobile Phone • Moral Philosophy • Morals and Ethics • Muscle Memory • nerve impulse • New Year's Resolution • New York University • parapet • Personal Identity • Personhood • phenomenon • Philosopher • philosophical puzzles • philosophical reasoning • philosophical reflections • Philosophy • Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction • Physician • power of thought • Prediction • Princeton University Press • problems of time • psychic • Quantity • Quotation mark • Recipe • referent • Restaurant • result • Science • self-awareness • Self-control • Sharon Street • Sick Souls, Healthy Minds • Sigmund Freud • Simon Blackburn • Sophie’s World • Soul • the meaning of life • Think • Thomas Nagel • Thought • time perception • Time Travel • Train of Thought • Ultimate Questions • utterance • vocabulary • What Does It All Mean • year
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20096-3 / 0691200963
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20096-5 / 9780691200965