The self : a very short introduction / Marya Schechtman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schechtman, Marya, 1960- author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 750.

Very short introductions ; 750

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self.

Self (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xviii, 112 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"This VSI is a multidisciplinary approach to central questions about the nature and existence of the self. It engages millennia-old questions about the self as well as modern research to produce new perspectives on both academic questions about the self and the more immediate practical, everyday puzzles about the self that concern us all"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

1. The metaphysical self

2. Becoming Someone Else

3. Being Who You Are

4. Waxing and Waning Selves

5. Divided and Distressed Selves

6. Embodied, Social Selves.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198835256

9780198835257

OCLC:

1390554250