Comparative reflections on persons and selves / edited by Pavel Stankov and Michael Dufresne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stankov, Pavel, editor.

Dufresne, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

What matters in personal survival? What makes self-awareness possible? If there is no permanent self, should we be altruistic? These and other questions were tackled by the international participants in the 2018 Uehiro Graduate Student Philosophy Conference at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Their responses explore the subject of subjecthood from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives. Some approach it from an analytic point of view, others from a historical, and as many as five draw from non-Western traditions to argue their points.We have selected seven of the 21 papers presented at the conference. Given their comparative scope, they provide a slightly unusual sample of the discussions in philosophy of self and personhood today. The collection would be of interest not only to graduate students and professional philosophers, but also to anyone curious about the comparative methods used to investigate the self in philosophy.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Stankov, Pavel Comparative Reflections on Persons and Selves

ISBN:

1-5275-0221-X