The Self?

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2005
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-2987-9 (ISBN)

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A collection of philosophical papers that reflects on the existence and nature of the self. It reflects on key questions about the existence and nature of the self. It comprises contributions from leading authorities in the field: Barry Dainton, Ingmar Persson, Marya Schechtman, Galen Strawson, Bas van Fraassen, and Peter van Inwagen.

This collection of philosophical papers reflects on the existence and nature of the self.

A collection of philosophical papers devoted to the subject of the self.

Reflects on key questions about the existence and nature of the self.

Comprises contributions from leading authorities in the field: Barry Dainton, Ingmar Persson, Marya Schechtman, Galen Strawson, Bas van Fraassen, and Peter van Inwagen.

Galen Strawson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading and the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author of Freedom and Belief (1986), The Secret Connexion (1989) and Mental Reality (1994).

Introduction vi

1 The Self and the Phenomenal 1
Barry Dainton

2 Self-Doubt: Why We are not Identical to Things of Any Kind 26
Ingmar Persson

3 Self-Expression and Self-Control 45
Marya Schechtman

4 Against Narrativity 63
Galen Strawson

5 Transcendence of the Ego (The Non-Existent Knight) 87
Bas C. van Fraassen

6 The Self: the Incredulous Stare Articulated 111
Peter van Inwagen

Index 125

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.5.2005
Reihe/Serie	Ratio Special Issues
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
ISBN-10	1-4051-2987-5 / 1405129875
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-2987-9 / 9781405129879
Zustand	Neuware