A philosophy of person and identity : where was I when I wasn't there? / Monica Meijsing.
Meijsing, Monica, author.
2022
BD418.3
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Title A philosophy of person and identity : where was I when I wasn't there? / Monica Meijsing.
Author Meijsing, Monica, author.
Uniform Title Waar was ik toen ik er niet was?. English
ISBN 9783031095245 (electronic bk.)
3031095243 (electronic bk.)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09524-5
Published Cham : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 183 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-09524-5 doi
Call Number BD418.3
Dewey Decimal Classification 128/.2
Summary This book discusses the themes of personhood and personal identity. It argues that while there is a metaphysical answer to the question of personal identity, there is no metaphysical answer to the question of what constitutes a person. The author argues against both body-mind dualism and physicalism and also against the idea that there is some metaphysically real category of persons distinct from the category of human beings or human organisms. Instead, the author presents neutral-monist, autopoietic-enactivist kind of metaphysics of the human being, and a relational, and completely human-dependent notion of a person. The tools used in these arguments include conceptual argumentation and empirical case studies. Using both personal experiences and studies of cultures all over the world, the author examines dualism between mind and body. The author discusses real people who seem to live a Cartesian life, as somehow disembodied minds as well as the concept of the person. The author uses the concluding chapters to present their own views arguing that questions about our identity should be separated from questions of our personhood as well as the concept of personhood. This volume is of interest to scholars of philosophy of mind.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Digital File Characteristics text file PDF
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 10, 2022).
Series Studies in brain and mind ; v. 21. 2468-399X
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Chapter 1. Where was I? What am I?
chapter 2. Life and Death, Soul and Body
Chapter 3. Consciousness, Person and Self
Chapter 4. Cartesian People 1: The Body a Machine
Chapter 5. Cartesian People 2: The Body an Illusion
Chapter 6. Lockean Persons 1. Living Without Memory
Chapter 7. Lockean Persons 2. Persons and Organisms
Chapter 8. The Gradual Origin of Self-Consciousness
Chapter 9. Here I am.

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