Self and World

Zusatztext Cassam's book deals with fascinating topics ... ingenious handling of the many arguments and objections he explores. Informationen zum Autor Quassim Cassam has been Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford University, and Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford, since 1986. In 1993 he was Visiting Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Klappentext Self and World is an exploration of the nature of self-awareness. Cassam rejects the widespread view that the self eludes introspection! and argues that consciousness of our thoughts and experiences involves a sense of our thinking! experiencing selves as shaped! solid! and located physical objects in a world of such objects. This clear! original! and challenging treatment of one of the deepest of intellectual problems will demand the attention of all philosophers and cognitive scientists who are concerned with the self. Zusammenfassung An exploration of the nature of self-awareness, this book opposes the view that the self eludes introspection. It views that consciousness of our thoughts and experiences involves a sense of our thinking, experiencing selves as shaped, solid, and located physical objects in a world of such objects. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Self and World 2: The Objectivity Argument 3: The Unity Argument 4: The Identity Argument 5: Reductionism Bibliography; Index

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• Authors: Quassim Cassam, Quassim (Chair of Philosophy At University Cassam, Quassim (Lecturer in Philosophy Cassam, Cassam Quassim
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.1999
• EAN: 9780198238959
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823895-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism