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Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge takes the reader on tour of the nature, value, and limits of self-knowledge.

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  • Title Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge
  • Author Mitchell S. Green
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Publication date 2017-11-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9781138675995 / 1138675997
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.44 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.12 cm)
  • Category Philosophy
  • Library of Congress subjects Self (Philosophy), Self-knowledge, Theory of
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017028452
  • Dewey Decimal Code 126

About the author

Mitchell S. Green received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, a B.Phil. from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He currently teaches at the University of Connecticut. In addition to approximately 50 journal articles and book chapters, he has also published Self-Expression, Engaging Philosophy: A Brief Introduction, and Moore's Paradox: New Essays on Belief, Rationality and the First Person (co-edited with J. Williams).

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