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Persons, animals, ourselves / Paul F. Snowdon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snowdon, Paul F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings--Animal nature.
- Human beings.
- Self (Philosophy).
- Human behavior.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What kind of thing are we? Paul Snowdon's answer is that we are animals, of a sort. This view may seem obvious but on the whole philosophers have rejected it. Snowdon argues that animalism is a defensible way of thinking about ourselves.
- Contents:
- Animalism
- Animalism and some philosophical problems
- Animals and persons
- Animals and us
- Some questions about animals
- [A & ~P] cases : an introduction
- Multiple personality disorder
- Animalism and the unity of consciousness
- [P & ~A] cases : an introduction
- Brain, transplants, animals, and us
- Strengthening the rejection of transplant arguments
- Conclusions and consequences.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 24, 2014).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-178870-8
- OCLC:
- 895503464
- Publisher Number:
- 9780198719618
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