Fiction and Fictions
On Ricoeur on the route to the self
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9744211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Beck (0000-0002-7029-7845, School of Philosophy and Ethics University of KwaZulu-Natal Private Bag X01 Scottsville, 3209 South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 329-335 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South African Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-0136 • E-ISSN: 2073-4867 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02580136.2006.12063060 |
| OpenAlex | W4247769771 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In reaching his narrative view of the self in Oneself as Another, Paul Ricoeur argues that, while literature offers revealing insights into the nature of the self, the sort of fictions involving brain transplants, fission, and so on, that philosophers often take seriously do not (and cannot). My paper is a response to Ricoeur's charge, contending that the arguments Ricoeur rejects are not flawed in the way he suggests, and that his own arguments are sometimes guilty of the very charges he lays at the door of his opponents
Epistemology · Narrative · Ethics in medical practice · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |