Subjectivity and being somebody : human identity and neuroethics / Grant Gillett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillett, Grant.

Series:

St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs.

St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Subjectivity.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter : Imprint Academic, 2008.

Summary:

This book uses a neo-Aristotelian framework to examine human subjectivity as an embodied being. It examines the varieties of reductionism that affect philosophical writing about human origins and identity, and explores the nature of rational subjectivity as emergent from our neurobiological constitution. This allows a consideration of the effect of neurological interventions such as psychosurgery, neuroimplantation, and the promise of cyborgs on the image of the human. It then examines multi...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Preface; Subjectivity and Being Somebody; Introduction; Origins; What I Am Not; MetaphysicalSubjectivity; The Moral Subject; The Sins of the Fathers; Deep Play in theMechanics of Mind; Names and Narratives; Care of the Soul; The Expulsion ofHumanity; Retrospective andConclusion; Back Matter; Appendices; Appendix A: On method in moral science; Appendix B: Essence and identity; Appendix C: On possible worlds and metaphysics; Appendix D: Kant's I and the refutation of idealism; Appendix E: On natural kinds

Appendix F: The problem of referenceBibliography; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-44533-6

9786613445339

1-84540-284-7

OCLC:

745866954