The Philosophical I Personal Reflections on Life in Philosophy

by Yancy, George; Rescher, Nicholas; Shusterman, Richard; Alcoff, Linda Martín; Code, Lorraine; Harding, Sandra; On, Bat-Ami Bar; Lachs, John; Stuhr, John J.; Kellner, Douglas; Wartenberg, Thomas E.; Taylor, Paul C.; Murphy, Nancey; Mills, Charles W.; Tuana,

• ISBN13: 9780742513419
• ISBN10: 0742513416
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-23
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Philosophy is shaped by life and life is shaped by philosophy. This is reflected in The Philosophical I, a collection of 16 autobiographical essays by prominent philosophers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: Philosophy and the Situated Narrative Self	ix
George Dewey Yancy
Regarding Oneself and Seeing Double: Fragments of Autobiography	1	(22)
Richard Shusterman
Philosophy As Work and Politics	23	(20)
Sandra Harding
Between the Lines of Age	43	(26)
John J. Stuhr
Incongruities	69	(22)
Lorraine Code
From Amateur to Professional: Constructing a Life in Philosophy	91	(20)
Thomas E. Wartenberg
In-Between Love and Wisdom	111	(18)
Nancy Tuana
Between Facticity and Possibility	129	(26)
George Dewey Yancy
Red Shift: Politically Embodied/Embodied Politics	155	(22)
Charles W. Mills
Of Philosophy and Guerilla Wars	177	(10)
Linda Martin Alcoff
Philosophy Recovered As Self-Discovery	187	(20)
Joseph Margolis
In Retrospect	207	(12)
Nicholas Rescher
At the Intersection of Several Possible Worlds	219	(18)
Nancey Murphy
The Personal Value and Social Usefulness of Philosophy	237	(12)
John Lachs
Fantastic Notions	249	(20)
Paul C. Taylor
An Apprentice's Anecdotal Field Notes	269	(10)
Bat-Ami Bar On
Philosophical Adventures	279	(12)
Douglas Kellner
About the Contributors	291