Constitution of Selves

Name: Constitution of Selves
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ISBN: 9780801474170

ISBN-10: 0801474175

ISBN-13: 9780801474170

Edition: 2007

Authors: Marya Schechtman

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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 problem of personal identity, she suggests, is usually understood to be a question about historical life. What she calls the "reidentification question" is taken to be the real metaphysical question of personal identity, whereas questions about beliefs or values and the actions they prompt, the "characterization question," are often presented as merely metaphorical. Failure to recognize the philosophical importance of both these questions,…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 9/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Reidentification



The Reidentification Question



The Problems of Logical Form



The Extreme Claim


Conclusion



Characterization



The Characterization Question



The Narrative Self-Constitution View



Characterization and the Four Features


Selected Bibliography


Index