Self-evaluation
. Ed(S): Konzelmann Ziv, Anita; Lehrer, Keith; Schmid, Hans Bernhard
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Hardback. Deals with one of the oldest topics in philosophy, the question of how to know about oneself. Focusing on the role of emotional attitudes in social relations, this book proposes a novel way to approach this traditional question. It emphasizes that self-directed reflection is an essentially evaluative activity. Editor(s): Konzelmann Ziv, Anita; Lehrer, Keith; Schmid, Hans Bernhard. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
The book contains contributions by leading figures in philosophy of mind and action, emotion theory, and phenomenology. As the focus of the volume is truly innovative we expect the book to sell well to both philosophers and scholars from neighboring fields such as social and cognitive science. The predominant view in analytic philosophy is that an ability for self-evaluation is constitutive for agency and intentionality. Until now, the debate is limited in two (possibly mutually related) ways: Firstly, self-evaluation is usually discussed in individual terms, and, as such, not sufficiently related to its social dimensions; secondly, self-evaluation is viewed as ... Read more
The book contains contributions by leading figures in philosophy of mind and action, emotion theory, and phenomenology. As the focus of the volume is truly innovative we expect the book to sell well to both philosophers and scholars from neighboring fields such as social and cognitive science. The predominant view in analytic philosophy is that an ability for self-evaluation is constitutive for agency and intentionality. Until now, the debate is limited in two (possibly mutually related) ways: Firstly, self-evaluation is usually discussed in individual terms, and, as such, not sufficiently related to its social dimensions; secondly, self-evaluation is viewed as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
Philosophical Studies Series
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400712652
SKU
V9789400712652
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About . Ed(S): Konzelmann Ziv, Anita; Lehrer, Keith; Schmid, Hans Bernhard
Anita Konzelmann Ziv is assistant profesoor at the department of philosophy, University of Geneva (Switzerland) and works on the project ''Self-Evaluation - A Quest for Wisdom''. She wrote on the role of confidence and probability in the theory of knowledge of Bernard Bolzano, and more recently on collective moral emotions and virtue epistemology. Anita Konzalmann Ziv is grantholder of the ... Read more
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