The Constitution of Selves

Marya Schechtman

Published by Cornell University Press 2007

The Constitution of Selves

Marya Schechtman

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501718380

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About this book

An amnesia victim asking "Who am I?" means something different from a confused adolescent asking the same question. Marya Schechtman takes issue with analytic philosophy's emphasis on the first sort of question to the exclusion of the second. The...

Author / Editor information

Marya Schechtman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Reviews

This excellent and engaging book succeeds in raising questions about the dominant approach to asking questions about our identities and our concern for the future, as well as in offering... the beginnings of an alternative way to ask and answer such questions. That's quite a lot of philosophical work in such a short book.

David Wong, Brandeis University:

Stimulating and original. I do not know of any other philosopher who connects the two areas of research on personal identity in the way that Marya Schechtman does. The writing is exceptionally clear.

Christopher Williams, University of Nevada at Reno:

Schechtman has greatly enriched the discussion of personal identity. This stimulating book enlarges our sense of the philosophically possible.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Reidentification
1. The Reidentification Question Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. The Problems of Logical Form Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3. The Extreme Claim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Part II. Characterization
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5. The Narrative Self-Constitution View Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
6. Characterization and the Four Features Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 192
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: October 18, 2018
ISBN: 9781501718380