Philosophy of Person and Identity

Where was I when I wasn’t there?

AvMonica Meijsing

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del 21 i serien Studies in Brain and Mind

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-08-05
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:465 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Brain and Mind
Antal sidor:183
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031095238
Originaltitel:Waar was ik toen ik er niet was? Een filosofie van persoon en identiteit

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Monica Meijsing (1954) studied psychology and philosophy. She obtained her Ph.D. in philosophy in 1986 on the mind-body problem in relation with cognitive psychology. She has held positions in the departments of philosophy and of cognitive science at the Universities of Amsterdam, Nijmegen and Tilburg. Her research focusses on (self)consciousness and the body, personal identity and perception.

Innehållsförteckning

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.