The philosopher's "I" autobiography and the search for the self. - Wright, J. Lenore 1972- (New York State university of New York, 2006)
Writing the self -- Groundwork for a study of autobiography -- Writing the examined life -- The rationale for autobiographical writing -- Autobiography as confession -- Features of autobiographical writing -- Conclusions -- Bifurcating the self -- Self-ascription and self-description -- The inner self -- The outer self -- Conclusions -- Masking the self -- Deception and concealment -- Knowledge and truth in autobiography -- Self-deception -- Self-concealment -- Self-masking -- Conclusions -- Tranforming the self -- The dialectic of philosophical autobiography -- Interpretation and understanding -- Gracia on interpretation -- Gadamer on truth in interpretation -- Nietzsche and the subversion of the self.
Keywords: Autobiography; Philosophers -- Biography&delete& -- History and criticism