The situated self
This text focuses on the metaphysics and the philosophy of language and mind. It tackles a philosophical question whose origin goes back to Descartes: What am I? The self is not a mere thing among things - but if so, what is it, and what is its relationship to the world?
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- Full title :The situated self / J.T. Ismael.
Summary
This text focuses on the metaphysics and the philosophy of language and mind. It tackles a philosophical question whose origin goes back to Descartes: What am I? The self is not a mere thing among things - but if so, what is it, and what is its relationship to the world?
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 248 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0195346610, 9780195346619, 9780195174366, 0195174364
- oclc:ocn252688258
- LC Classification:BD450
- Dewey Decimal:126
Table of Contents
Introduction -- pt. I. The situated mind. Traditional representationalism ; Confinement ; The dynamical approach ; Self-description ; Context and coordination ; Self-representation, objectivity, and intentionality -- pt. II. Understanding arguments for dualism. Jackson's Mary ; Inverted spectra ; Grammatical illusions -- pt. III. Selves. Identity over time ; The unified self ; Reprise.
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