The person at the crossroads : a philosophical approach / edited by James Beauregard, Giusy Gallo, Claudia Stancati.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beauregard, James, editor.

Gallo, Giusy, editor.

Stancati, Claudia, editor.

Series:

Vernon series in philosophy.

Vernon series in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self--Congresses.

Self.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages).

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware ; Malaga, Spain : Vernon Press, [2020]

Summary:

'The Person at the Crossroads: A Philosophical Approach' brings together scholars from around the world who share a common interest in the nature and activity of the human person. Personhood is examined from a variety of perspectives, both philosophical and theological, drawing on the rich traditions of both Western and Eastern thought. Readers will find themselves on a journey through the works of past and current scholars including, Confucius, Augustine, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Horace Bushnell, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michael Polanyi, Rudolf Carnap, Karol Wojtyla, Erazim Kohak, and many other authors who touch upon the personalist tradition and the human person. This volume will be of particular interest to readers interested in the nature of the human person, as well as philosophy and theology undergraduate and graduate students and professors teaching in these areas. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Randall Auxier, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Part 1. The Personal Dimension: The Thread of History: Augustine of Hippo on the Concept of Person: A Philosophical Analysis / Matteo Scozia, University of Calabria, Italy

Personal Identity as Political System in David Hume / Spartaco Pupo, University of Calabria, Italy

The Organic Child: Horace Bushnell's Methods of Child-Rearing in Nineteenth-Century America and its Implications for an Organic Anthropology (Personhood) / Elizabeth Yang, Rutgers University

The Anonymous and the Personal Body in Merleau-Ponty / Marc Djaballah, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

Epistemology and/or Person? Some Historico-Critical Considerations / Carlo Vinti, University of Perugia. Italy

Reconstruction of the Self. Based on the Theory of Michael Polanyi / Endre J. Nagy Semmelweis University, Hungary

Why Personalism Needs the 'Dismal Science / Richard T. Allen Independent Scholar

Humanity (Ren) and Relations in Confucianism and Christian Personalism / Yong Lu, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland

Part 2. Perspectives on Persons: The Person as an Emergent Reality. Some Critical Remarks / Grzegorz Holub, Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland

Forgetting and Remembering Ourselves: Technē, Metaphor and the Unity of Persons / James Beauregard, Rivier University

Beyond Universality: Shaping One's Own Agency / Xiaoxi Wu, Southeast University, China

Critical Moral Attention and its Role in Forming a 'Beloved Community' / Carol Moeller, Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA

The Good Fortune to be Persons Besides Individuals: The Impact of Exemplars, Leaders and Models over Individuality / Bianca Bellini, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy

Bodily Self-Determination and the Limits of Being One-Self / Peter Reynaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium

The Person and her Pathologies: A Kantian View of Depression and Suicide / Laura J. Mueller, Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64889-053-9