Self-Identity and Personal Autonomy - An Analytical Anthropology

This title was first published in 2001: We are all persons or selves. But what exactly does it mean that we possess an identity and autonomy as persons or selves?

List of contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction: analytical anthropology; Self-Identity: The problem of personal identity; Parfit's and Perry's impersonal solution; Atomistic self-identity and analytical personalism; Personal Autonomy: Hierarchical autonomy, self-identification and self-evaluation; Frankfurt on the nature of the will; Community and authenticity of the self; Appendix: the memory theory of personal identity; Bibliography; Index of names.

About the author

Stefaan E. Cuypers

Summary

This title was first published in 2001: We are all persons or selves. But what exactly does it mean that we possess an identity and autonomy as persons or selves?

Additional text

'... this is an important, theoretically rich book in which Cuypers advances the debates over the nature of both personal identity and personal autonomy. It should be read by all who are interested in current research in either of these areas.' The Journal of Value Inquiry

Product details

• Authors: Stefaan E. Cuypers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138634251
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63425-1
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge