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1 online resource (331 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; 1 Quintessence, Aims and Structure; 1.1 General Introduction; 1.2 Working Definitions; 1.3 Who Am I? Who Is She?; 1.4 Methodological Considerations; 1.5 Structure of the Argument; 1.6 Note on Orthography and Typography; 1.7 Building Arches; 2 Self and Identity in Historical Context; 2.1 Origins of Mind, Soul, Self and Identity; 2.2 Pre-History to Plato; 2.3 Early Christian Dualism; 2.4 The Middle Age and the Soul; 2.5 Renaissance and Reason: Descartes to Locke; 2.6 Science Intervenes: Darwin to Freud; 2.7 The Story so Far; 2.8 General Historical Inferences. |
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3 Dualism, Monism and the End of the Debate3.1 Death of the Soul?; 3.2 Predicate Dualism; 3.3 Property Dualism and the Mind-Body Problem; 3.4 The Zombic Debate; 3.5 Two Classes of Dualism? And Monism?; 3.6 Perspectives for Mind and Personal Identity; 4 Body, Brain and Mind; 4.1 Embodiment; 4.2 What the Mind Cannot Be; 4.3 Things, Functions and Processes; 4.4 Body, Mind and World; 4.5 What Do We Need the Body to Do?; 4.6 The Making of the Mind; 4.7 Conscious and Unconscious Mind; 4.8 'My' Philosophy of Mind; 5 Aspects of Personal Identity; 5.1 Dimensions of the Debate. |
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5.2 Conditions of Personhood -- Dimension(A)5.3 Unity of Person -- Dimension (B); 5.4 The Meaning of Identity; 5.5 Persistence of Person -- Dimension (C); 5.6 Structure of Personality -- Dimension (D); 5.7 The Body in Philosophy; 5.8 Summing up on Personal Identity; 6 Some Reductionist Approaches; 6.1 Aspects of Reductionism; 6.2 Psychological Continuity and Replication; 6.3 Body Transplant and the Somatic Aspect; 6.4 Further Reductionist Discussions; 6.5 Frankenstein's Monster; 6.6 Reflections on Reductionist Debate; 7 Qualitative Aspects of Self and Identity; 7.1 Introductory Remark. |
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7.2 Constitution of the Self7.3 Cultural Aspect of Identity; 7.4 Relating Self to Other; 7.5 Memory, Continuity and Identity; 7.6 Broader Aspects of Memory; 7.7 Additional Aspects of Continuity; 7.8 Phenomena of Identity. |
| Summary |
Are 'persons' physical things, members of the species homo sapiens which exist solely in materialist form, continuous in structure with other living things? Or is the issue a more complex one: are there more dimensions to being a person than mere physical, biological existence? These are matters of interest and discussion in many fields of study in this age of individuality. In this wide-ranging essay, the author addresses various aspects of the issue, including the history of self and identity. The ancient tradition of dualism is rejected in favour of a straightforward holistic and naturalist. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Self (Philosophy)
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Self (Philosophy) |
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Self.
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Self. |
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Identity (Philosophical concept)
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
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Identity (Psychology)
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Identity (Psychology) |
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Naturalism.
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Naturalism. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Montague, Gerard P. Who Am I? Who Is She? : A Naturalistic, Holistic, Somatic Approach to Personal Identity. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2012 9783110320046 |
| ISBN |
9783110320305 (electronic book) |
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3110320304 (electronic book) |
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3868381449 |
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9783868381443 |
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3110320045 |
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9783110320046 |
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9783868381443 |
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9783110320046 |
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