The Bounds of Agency : An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics

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The subject of personal identity is one of the most central and most contested and exciting in philosophy. Ever since Locke, psychological and bodily criteria have vied with one another in conflicting accounts of personal identity. Carol Rovane argues that, as things stand, the debate is unresolvabl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rovane, Carol
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Subject (Philosophy)
Self (Philosophy)
Agent (Philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Sujet (Philosophie)
Moi (Philosophie)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The subject of personal identity is one of the most central and most contested and exciting in philosophy. Ever since Locke, psychological and bodily criteria have vied with one another in conflicting accounts of personal identity. Carol Rovane argues that, as things stand, the debate is unresolvable since both sides hold coherent positions that our common sense will embrace. Our very common sense, she maintains, is conflicted; so any resolution to the debate is bound to be revisionary. She boldly offers such a revisionary theory of personal identity by first inquiring into the nature of perso.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (270 pages).
ISBN:9781400822423

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