The Practices of the Self

Charles Larmore Develops A Theory Of The Self That Challenges The Widespread View That The We Always Know Our Own Thoughts. Sartre As Guide -- Bad Faith And Sincerity -- The Example Of Stendhal -- Reflection And Being Like Another -- Being Natural -- The Ubiquity Of Convention -- Being Like Another -- Authenticity And The Democratic Age -- Mimetism And Equality -- Being Oneself Amid Conventions -- Authenticity And The Nature Of The Self -- Foundations Of A Theory Of Cognitive Reflection -- Psychological Interpretation -- The Structure Of Cognitive Self-reflection -- The Self In Cognitive Reflection -- Representing And Reasoning -- A Critique Of Autonomy -- Obligations And Avowals -- A Defense Of First-person Authority -- The Persistence Of The Cartesian Model -- The Key To The Mystery -- A Final Problem -- Two Ways Of Being Oneself -- The Domain Of Authenticity -- The Instability Of Practical Reflection -- Authenticity And Conversion -- How To Be Virtuous -- The Ends Of Reflection -- Reflection And Its Problems -- The Self And Time -- The Importance Of Unexpected Goods -- Socrates' Mistake -- The Limits Of Prudence -- Wisdom. Charles Larmore ; Translated By Sharon Bowman. Translation Of: Les Pratiques Du Moi (paris : Presses Universitaires De France, C2004). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Translated From The French.