On human persons / Klaus Petrus (eds).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petrus, Klaus.

Series:

Metaphysical Research

Metaphysical research ; Bd. 1

Metaphysical Research ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is no question: We are all persons. But what exactly are persons? Are we immaterial souls or Cartesian Egos which only contingently have bodies? Or are persons nothing over and above their bodies? Are they essentially or most fundamentally animals, evolved beings of a certain sort? Or are we something other or more than animals, namely constituted beings with a certain capacity that distinguishes persons from everything else? What is necessary, and what is sufficient, for an entity to be classified or (re-)identified as a person? What's the value of an analysis of such (biological or psychological) conditions? What does it contribute to our understanding of ourselves as free agents or as beings wanting to live their individual live? The essays collected in this anthology try to answer these questions. They are primarily concerned with the metaphysics of persons and the criteria of personal identity, but also touch on problems of the theory of action and of practical philosophy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Warum wir Tiere sind

The Difference that Self-Consciousness Makes

Some Thoughts on Animalism

Objections to Animalism

Biology or Psychology? Human Persons and Personal Identity

Persons and Other Trope Complexes Reflections on Ontology and Normativity

Is My Head a Person?

Human Persons. Some Conceptual Remarks

Personal Identity and the Methodology of Imaginary Cases

Free Agents as Cause

Identität und Orientierung

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110324655

3110324652

9783110324648

3110324644

OCLC:

851970863