Description for On Personality
Paperback.
Warm, sensitive, creative, outgoing, cheeky, creepy. Scan any personal ads page and it's clear that to get a life you need a personality first. It is also a notion with a long and often bizarre history: in early Greece and medieval Europe, it was thought to depend on the balance of bile in the body.
On Personality is a thoughtful and stimulating look under the skin of this widely-used but little understood phenomenon. Peter Goldie points out that we rely on personality to do a lot of work: describe, judge, understand, explain and predict others as well as ourselves. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415305143
SKU
V9780415305143
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
Reviews for On Personality
'Goldie writes in warmly accessible fashion.' - Steven Poole, The Guardian 'a clear, lively, illuminating, urbane and thoughtful little book on personality and character' Metapsychology Online 'It is exciting to see a philosopher, rather than a psychologist, wrestle with the concept of personality' - Paul Crichton, Times Literary Supplement 'Goldie writes in warmly accessible fashion.' - Steven Poole, ... Read more