Organisms and Personal Identity - Individuation and the Work of David Wiggins

Informationen zum Autor Adam M. Ferner has worked in academic philosophy in France and the UK, and in schools and youth centres around London. He has written two books – Think Differently (2018) and Organisms and Personal Identity (2016) – and has two more on the way. He has been a regular contributor to philosophy journals and magazines including The Philosophy Magazine. Adam currently works at the Royal Institute of Philosophy in London. Klappentext David Wiggins's contribution to metaphysics! logic and ethics has been widely recognized! but the connections between his work and recent issues in the philosophy of biology have been overlooked. This study demonstrates how Wiggins's work can contribute to! as well as benefit from! contemporary debate in this field. Zusammenfassung David Wiggins’s contribution to metaphysics, logic and ethics has been widely recognized, but the connections between his work and recent issues in the philosophy of biology have been overlooked. This study demonstrates how Wiggins’s work can contribute to, as well as benefit from, contemporary debate in this field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. An Intellectual Microcosm 2. D 3. Natural Substances and Artefacts 4. The Human Being Theory 5. A Genealogy of the Person Concept 6. Biological Models 7. Reduction and Emergence 8. Aristotelian Organisms 9. Brain Transplantation 10. Conclusion 11. Appendix: A History of the Brain Transplantation Story

Product details

• Authors: A.M. Ferner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2016
• EAN: 9781848935730
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-573-0
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: History and Philosophy of Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Western philosophy from c 1800, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies