Persons - A History

This volume provides a genealogy of the concept of a person. By asking when and why the concept of a person came into existence, it explains what the concept of a person is and how it differs from the concept of a human being and the concept of a self.

Info autore

Antonia LoLordo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. She specializes in early modern philosophy. She is the author of Locke's Moral Man (Oxford, 2012) and Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge, 2007).

Riassunto

This volume provides a genealogy of the concept of a person. By asking when and why the concept of a person came into existence, it explains what the concept of a person is and how it differs from the concept of a human being and the concept of a self.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Antonia Lolordo, Antonia (Professor Lolordo
• Con la collaborazione di: Antonia Lolordo (Editore), LoLordo Antonia (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780190634384
• ISBN: 978-0-19-063438-4
• Pagine: 408
• Serie: OXFORD PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought