Problems of the Self
Douban
ISBN: 9780521290609
Autore:
Bernard Williams
Casa editrice:
Cambridge University Press
data di pubblicazione: 1976
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Prezzo: USD 34.99
Numero di pagine: 276
Philosophical Papers 1956-1972
Sinossi
This is a volume of philosophical studies, centred on problems of personal identity and extending to related topics in the philosophy of mind and moral philosophy.
contenuti
Preface;
1. Personal identity and individuation;
2. Personal identity and bodily continuity;
3. Imagination and the self;
4. The self and the future;
5. Are persons bodies?;
6. The Makropulos case: reflections on the tedium of immortality;
7. Strawson on individuals;
8. Knowledge and meaning in the philosophy of mind;
9. Deciding to believe;
10. Imperative inference;
11. Ethical consistency;
12. Consistency and realism;
13. Morality and the emotions;
14. The idea of equality;
15. Egoism and altruism;
Bibliography.
