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Our strange body : philosophical reflections on identity and medical interventions
The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental and fascinating ques...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental and fascinating questions about our sense of individual identity and its relationship to the physical body. Drawing on and engaging with philosophers from across the centuries, Jenny Slatman here develops a novel argument: that our own body always entails a strange dimension, a strangeness that enables us to incorporate radical physical changes. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (181 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9048523141 9789048523146 |