The Self in Question

Memory, The Body and Self-Consciousness
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-29040-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 249 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

A humanistic account of self-consciousness and personal identity, and offering a structural parallel between the epistemology of memory and bodily awareness. It provides a much-needed rapprochement between Analytic and Phenomenological approaches, developing Wittgenstein's insights into "I"-as-subject and self-identification.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamilton, Andy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction 1. Self-Consciousness and Its Linguistic Expression 2. Memory and Self-Consciousness (1): Immunity to Error Through Misidentification and the Critique of Quasi-Memory 3. Memory and Self-Consciousness (2): The Conceptual Holism of Memory and Personal Identity, and the Unity of Consciousness 4. Proprioception and Self-Consciousness (1): Proprioception as Direct, Immediate Knowledge of the Body 5. Proprioception and Self-Consciousness (2): Self-Conscious Knowledge and the Rejection of Self-Presentation 6. Self-Identification and Self-Reference 7. Humanism and Animal Self-Consciousness Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andy Hamilton teaches philosophy at Durham University, UK. His publications include (2007), (2007), (2012, co-edited with Nick Zangwill),  (forthcoming) and many articles in aesthetics and philosophy of mind.