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Practical Identity and Narrative Agency

By Kim Atkins , Catriona Mackenzie

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
ISBN
0415958474, 9780415958479
LCC
BD236 .P73 2007
Open Library ID
OL10208801M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1863779 bytes)
Series
Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Edition
1
Pages
309\309
Library
avaxhome.ws
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

The essays collected in this volume address a range of issues that arise when the focus of philosophical reflection on identity is shifted from metaphysical to practical and evaluative concerns. They also explore the usefulness of the notion of narrative for articulating and responding to these issues. The chapters, written by an outstanding roster of international scholars, address a range of complex philosophical issues concerning the relationship between practical and metaphysical identity, the embodied dimensions of the first-personal perspective, the kind of reflexive agency involved in the self-constitution of one’s practical identity, the relationship between practical identity and normativity, and the temporal dimensions of identity and selfhood. In addressing these issues, contributors engage with debates in the literatures on personal identity, phenomenology, moral psychology, action theory, normative ethical theory, and feminist philosophy.

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