On Human Persons

Published by De Gruyter 2003

On Human Persons

Edited by: Klaus Petrus

Volume 1 in the series Metaphysical Research

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110324648

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There is no question: We are all persons. But what exactly are persons? Are we immaterial souls or Cartesian Egos which only contingently have bodies? Or are persons nothing over and above their bodies? Are they essentially or most fundamentally animals, evolved beings of a certain sort? Or are we something other or more than animals, namely constituted beings with a certain capacity that distinguishes persons from everything else? What is necessary, and what is sufficient, for an entity to be classified or (re-)identified as a person? What's the value of an analysis of such (biological or psychological) conditions? What does it contribute to our understanding of ourselves as free agents or as beings wanting to live their individual live? The essays collected in this anthology try to answer these questions. They are primarily concerned with the metaphysics of persons and the criteria of personal identity, but also touch on problems of the theory of action and of practical philosophy.

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Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Warum wir Tiere sind Eric T. Olson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
The Difference that Self-Consciousness Makes Lynne Rudder Baker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Some Thoughts on Animalism Brian Garrett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Objections to Animalism Paul Snowdon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Biology or Psychology? Human Persons and Personal Identity Kevin J. Corcoran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Persons and Other Trope Complexes Reflections on Ontology and Normativity Käthe Trettin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Is My Head a Person? Michael B. Burke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Human Persons. Some Conceptual Remarks Klaus Petrus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Personal Identity and the Methodology of Imaginary Cases Daniel Cohnitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Free Agents as Cause Daniel von Wachter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Identität und Orientierung Thomas Spitzley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 214
Keywords: Ontologie; Philosophie

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Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110324648

Paperback

Published: December 31, 2003
ISBN: 9783110324396