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Zusatztext [M]y summary certainly does fail to convey both the extraordinary richness (and density) of Strawson's discussion and the care he takes in expounding and clarifying his views. Reading these essays is an exciting, provoking and frequently educational experience. ... [These remarks] attest to how stimulating and enjoyable it is to engage with the original and invariably elegant essays in Strawson's book. Informationen zum Autor Galen Strawson holds the President's Chair of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Freedom and Belief (Oxford, 1986, 2nd edition 2010); The Secret Connexion: Causation, Realism, and David Hume (Oxford 1989, 2nd edition 2014); Mental Reality (MIT Press 1994, 2nd edition 2009), Selves: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics (2009, revised edition 2011); Locke on personal identity: Consciousness and Concernment (2011, 2nd edition 2014); and The Evident Connexion: Hume on personal identity (2011, 2nd edition 2014). Klappentext Does the self exist? If so, what is its nature? How long do selves last? Galen Strawson draws on literature and psychology as well as philosophy to discuss various ways we experience having or being a self. He argues that it is legitimate to say that there is such a thing as the self, distinct from the human being. Zusammenfassung Does the self exist? If so, what is its nature? How long do selves last? Galen Strawson draws on literature and psychology as well as philosophy to discuss various ways we experience having or being a self. He argues that it is legitimate to say that there is such a thing as the self, distinct from the human being. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: 'The I, the I' 2: 'The self' 3: The self and the sesmet 4: Against corporism 5: I have no future 6: 'We live beyond any tale that we happen to enact' 7: The unstoried life 8: Self-intimation 9: Fundamental Singleness: how to turn the Second Paralogism into a valid argument 10: Radical self-awareness 11: I and I: immunity to error through misidentification of the subject 12: 'The secrets of all hearts': Locke on personal identity 13: 'When I enter most intimately into what I call myself': Hume on the mind 14: 'All my hopes vanish': Hume on the mind ...
