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There is no question: We are all persons. But what exactly are persons? Are we immaterial souls or Cartesian Egos which only contingently have bodies? Or are persons nothing over and above their bodies? Are they essentially or most fundamentally animals, evolved beings of a certain sort? Or are we s...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2003] ©2003 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Metaphysical research;
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110324648 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110324648.jpg |
| Summary: |
There is no question: We are all persons. But what exactly are persons? Are we immaterial souls or Cartesian Egos which only contingently have bodies? Or are persons nothing over and above their bodies? Are they essentially or most fundamentally animals, evolved beings of a certain sort? Or are we something other or more than animals, namely constituted beings with a certain capacity that distinguishes persons from everything else? What is necessary, and what is sufficient, for an entity to be classified or (re-)identified as a person? What's the value of an analysis of such (biological or psychological) conditions? What does it contribute to our understanding of ourselves as free agents or as beings wanting to live their individual live? The essays collected in this anthology try to answer these questions. They are primarily concerned with the metaphysics of persons and the criteria of personal identity, but also touch on problems of the theory of action and of practical philosophy. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783110324648 |
| Index Number: | BD450 |
| CLC: | B089.3 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Warum wir Tiere sind / The Difference that Self-Consciousness Makes / Some Thoughts on Animalism / Objections to Animalism / Biology or Psychology? Human Persons and Personal Identity / Persons and Other Trope Complexes Reflections on Ontology and Normativity / Is My Head a Person? / Human Persons. Some Conceptual Remarks / Personal Identity and the Methodology of Imaginary Cases / Free Agents as Cause / Identit t und Orientierung / |