Philosophy is shaped by life and life is shaped by philosophy. This is reflected in The Philosophical I, a collection of 16 autobiographical essays by prominent philosophers.

Chapter 1 Introduction: Philosophy and the Situated Narrative Self Chapter 2 Regarding Oneself and Seeing Double: Fragments of Autobiography Chapter 3 Philosophy as Work and Politics Chapter 4 Between the Lines of Age Chapter 5 Incongruities Chapter 6 From Amateur to Professional: Constructing a Life in Philosophy Chapter 7 In-Between Love and Wisdom Chapter 8 Between Facticity and Possibility Chapter 9 Red Shift: Politically Embodied/Embodied Politics Chapter 10 Of Philosophy and Guerilla Wars Chapter 11 Philosophy Recovered as Self-Discovery Chapter 12 In Retrospect Chapter 13 At the Intersection of Several Possible Worlds Chapter 14 The Personal Value and Social Usefulness of Philosophy Chapter 15 Fantastic Notions Chapter 16 An Apprentice's Anecdotal Field Notes Chapter 17 Philosophical Adventures

Edited by George Yancy - Contributions by Nicholas Rescher; Richard Shusterman; Linda Martín Alcoff; Lorraine Code; Sandra Harding; Bat-Ami Bar On; John Lachs; John J. Stuhr; Douglas Kellner; Thomas E. Wartenberg; Paul C. Taylor; Nancey Murphy; Charles W.