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What Are We?: A Study in Personal Ontology (Philosophy of Mind Series)
Eric T Olson
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Description for What Are We?: A Study in Personal Ontology (Philosophy of Mind Series)
Hardcover. Discussions of personal identity frequently ignore the basic metaphysical nature of human people. What Are We? is the first general study of this important question. It explains the question's meaning, considers in detail the main possible answers to it, and suggests how the problem might be solved. Series: Philosophy of the Mind. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 518.
From the time of Locke, discussions of personal identity have often ignored the question of our basic metaphysical nature: whether we human people are biological organisms, spatial or temporal parts of organisms, bundles of perceptions, or what have you. The result of this neglect has been centuries of wild proposals and clashing intuitions. What Are We? is the first general study of this important question. It beings by explaining what the question means and how it differs from others, such as questions of personal identity and the mind-body problem. It then examines in some depth the main possible accounts ... Read more
From the time of Locke, discussions of personal identity have often ignored the question of our basic metaphysical nature: whether we human people are biological organisms, spatial or temporal parts of organisms, bundles of perceptions, or what have you. The result of this neglect has been centuries of wild proposals and clashing intuitions. What Are We? is the first general study of this important question. It beings by explaining what the question means and how it differs from others, such as questions of personal identity and the mind-body problem. It then examines in some depth the main possible accounts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy of Mind Series
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195176421
SKU
V9780195176421
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About Eric T Olson
Eric T. Olson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield.
Reviews for What Are We?: A Study in Personal Ontology (Philosophy of Mind Series)
In this invigorating new book, Eric Olsen investigates what we are, metaphysically speaking...The book is engagingly written in a conversational style...filled with many stimulating arguments.
Lynne Rudder Baker MIND
For anyone who wants to understand the question "What are we?"- and who wants to see how to begin to answer that question in a principled way- there is ... Read more
Lynne Rudder Baker MIND
For anyone who wants to understand the question "What are we?"- and who wants to see how to begin to answer that question in a principled way- there is ... Read more