Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Who Am I? Who Is She?: A Naturalistic, Holistic, Somatic Approach to Personal Identity

Who Am I? Who Is She?: A Naturalistic, Holistic, Somatic Approach to Personal Identity

Montague, Gerard P.

Hardcover

Philosophy

ISBN10: 3110320045
ISBN13: 9783110320046
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: Aug 15 2012
Pages: 331
Weight: 1.73
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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 naturalistic account of selfhood; it is argued that the mind arises in an emergent sense from the body and personal identity is best expressed in terms of a self-reflective and meaningful narrative. The approach is principally from an analytic philosophy point of view but also takes on-board psychological and sociological aspects of self and identity.

Also in

Philosophy

View All