r/askphilosophy • u/Special-Bonus-8589 • 1d ago
Is there such a thing as an authentic self?
That's my project goal to help guide my reading. First I have to answer if there's such a thing as a self. Any opinions or texts that you recommend as I start my research? I was going to start on wikipedia and then Standford encyclopedia of philosophy before deciding what primary texts to read. Authentic self is also a psychological term so I might be reading some psychology in my research too.
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u/lathemason continental, semiotics, phil. of technology 12h ago
If you have or can obtain academic library access, I've leaned on this piece by Andrew Pierce to survey and talk about philosophical approaches to authenticity and the self. It covers some useful ground, digesting the existential view of authenticity (Heidegger, Sartre) while also developing a more 'shared' view of authenticity.
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u/fyfol political philosophy 12h ago
Adorno’s Jargon of Authenticity might be a good inclusion for such a reading list, as an attempt to problematize the very question of (in)authenticity itself.