Fernando Pessoa: Imagination and the Self

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Jonardon Ganeri (Bimal. K. Matilal Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Bimal. K. Matilal Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto)

Fernando Pessoa

Imagination and the Self

Jonardon Ganeri (Bimal. K. Matilal Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Bimal. K. Matilal Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto)

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Oxford University Press Inc
09 October 2024

Philosophy of language; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Philosophy of mind; Ethics & moral philosophy

Series: Philosophical Outsiders

Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is the quintessential philosophical outsider. Affiliated to no institution, and associated with no traditional school, in his prose fiction and poetry, Pessoa invented a new philosophy of the human subject, arguing that imagination is key to human flourishing and human self-enrichment. Each of us, he claimed, can use our powers of imagination to

By: Jonardon Ganeri (Bimal. K. Matilal Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Bimal. K. Matilal Distinguished Professor of Philosophy University of Toronto)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 336g
ISBN: 9780197636688
ISBN 10: 0197636683
Series: Philosophical Outsiders
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 09 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Poets And Plurals Chapter 1: Be Plural! A Poet's Creed Chapter 2: Self-Estrangement Part II: Varieties of Heteronymous Experience Chapter 3: Artefact Minds Chapter 4: A Life Lived in Serial, And In Parallel Part III: Make-Believe and The Moksopaya Chapter 5: Reality++ Chapter 6: Names Used Twice Over Part IV: Pessoa's Imaginary India Chapter 7: Pessoa in India Chapter 8: 'One Intellectual Breeze' Glossary Bibliography Index

Jonardon Ganeri is the Bimal. K. Matilal Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. His work draws on a variety of philosophical traditions to construct new positions in the philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology. His books include The Self: Naturalism, Consciousness and the First-Person Stance (2010); Attention, Not Self (2017); The Concealed Art of the Soul (2012), Virtual Subjects, Fugitive Selves (2020), and Inwardness: An Outsider's Guide (2021). He joined the Fellowship of the British Academy in 2015 and won the Infosys Prize in the Humanities the same year.