Dar cuenta de sí mismo: violencia ética y responsabilidad
by Butler, Judith, Pons, Horacio
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In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett,…
Hofstadter's long-awaited return to the themes of Gödel, Escher, Bach--an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity. What do we mean when we say "I"? Can a self, a soul, a consciousness, an "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how ca…
En la cub.: "This volume historicizes the study of life-writing and egodocuments, focusing on early modern European reflections on the self, self-fashioning, and identity. Life-writing and the study of egodocuments currently tend to be viewed as separate fields, yet the individu…
Models of the self
En la medida en que esta obra suya se ha convertido en un punto de referencia ineludible del filosofar actual, podemos considerar a Derek Parfit como un auténtico clásico viviente. En efecto, su planteamiento del problema de la identidad personal a través del tiempo, en una líne…
This lively book offers a wide-ranging study of Greek notions of mind and human selfhood from Homer through Plotinus. A.A. Long anchors his discussion in questions of recurrent and universal interest. What happens to us when we die? How is the mind or soul related to the body? A…