The first person in cognition and morality / Béatrice Longuenesse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longuenesse, Béatrice, 1950- author.

Series:

Spinoza lectures.

Oxford scholarship online.

Spinoza lectures

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Pronoun--Philosophy.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 83 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Every year the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam invites a prominent philosopher to occupy the Spinoza Chair and give two public lectures on a topic in philosophy. Beatrice Longuenesse, in these lectures, explores the contrast and complementarity between these two aspects of the use of 'I'. Her first lecture considers the first-person pronoun in relation to the exercise of our mental capacities in abstract reasoning, and in relation to our knowledge of objective facts about the world. Her second lecture explores the use of 'I' in relation to what we take to be our moral obligations. In bringing together these two fascinating lectures, this text presents contrasting aspects of the self as radically individual on the one hand, and as the bearer of universally shared capacities on the other.

Contents:

"I," Singular and universal

"I" in morality: enlightment and suspicion

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-258460-X

0-19-188095-7

0-19-258459-6