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Personal Identity and Self-Consciousness (International Library of Philosophy)

By Brian Garrett

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1998
ISBN
9780415165730, 0415165733, 0203015665, 9780203015667, 9780203271315
LCC
BC199.I4 G37 1998
Open Library ID
OL688430M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
499 kB (510783 bytes)
Series
International Library of Philosophy
Edition
annotated edition
Pages
148\148
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

Unlike narratives that either travel a history of dead ideas or sycophants trying an exegesis of one or more authors; Garrett provides a summary discussion of the themes of personal identity (not consciousness) and the language use of the words. The thought experiments expand on the "brain in a vat" concept and are presented and argued compellingly. Check the table of contents as this book deliberately limits its scope and clearly states those limits. A summary work in philosophy is rare, so this is well worth adding to your library. While clear, it is heavy going since it assumes some familiarity with concepts from the philsophy of mind and philosophy of language. It is not about personality or "being" if that is your interest; nor does it treat psychology or neuroscience.

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