| Descript |
333 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Topics in philosophy ; v. 3 |
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Topics in philosophy ; v. 3
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333) |
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Introduction / Amélie O. Rorty -- Survival and identity / David Lewis -- Survival / Georges Rey -- The importance of being identical / John Perry -- Lewis, Perry, and what matters / Derek Parfit -- Embodiment and behavior / Sydney Shoemaker -- Locke, Butler and the stream of consciousness: and men as natural kind / David Wiggins -- Conditions of personhood / Daniel Dennett -- Persons, character and morality / Bernard Williams -- Rational homunculi / Ronald de Sousa -- Identification and externality / Harry Frankfurt -- Self-identity and self-regard / Terence Penelhum -- Responsibility for self / Charles Taylor -- A literary postscript: characters, persons, selves, individuals / Amélie O. Rorty. |
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In this volume, thirteen philosophers contribute new essays analyzing the criteria for personal identity and their import on ethics and the theory of action. --From publisher description |
| Subject |
Identity (Psychology)
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| Alt Author |
Rorty, Améli
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