Montague Who Am I? Who Is She?

A Naturalistic, Holistic, Somatic Approach to Personal Identity
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-032030-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 331 Seiten

Are ‘persons’ physical things, members of the species homo sapiens which exist solely in materialist form, continuous in structure with other living things? Or is the issue a more complex one: are there more dimensions to being a person than mere physical, biological existence? These are matters of interest and discussion in many fields of study in this age of individuality. In this wide-ranging essay, the author addresses various aspects of the issue, including the history of self and identity. The ancient tradition of dualism is rejected in favour of a straightforward holistic and naturalistic account of selfhood; it is argued that the mind arises in an emergent sense from the body and personal identity is best expressed in terms of a self-reflective and meaningful narrative. The approach is principally from an analytic philosophy point of view but also takes on–board psychological and sociological aspects of self and identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Montague, Gerard P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Philosophische Psychologie, Logotherapie, Existenzanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Psychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Analytische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;7
2;Acknowledgements;11
3;1 Quintessence, Aims and Structure;13
3.1;1.1 General Introduction;13
3.2;1.2 Working Definitions;15
3.3;1.3 Who Am I? Who Is She?;16
3.4;1.4 Methodological Considerations;20
3.5;1.5 Structure of the Argument;24
3.6;1.6 Note on Orthography and Typography;26
3.7;1.7 Building Arches;27
4;2 Self and Identity in Historical Context;29
4.1;2.1 Origins of Mind, Soul, Self and Identity;29
4.2;2.2 Pre-History to Plato;31
4.3;2.3 Early Christian Dualism;41
4.4;2.4 The Middle Age and the Soul;47
4.5;2.5 Renaissance and Reason: Descartes to Locke;51
4.6;2.6 Science Intervenes: Darwin to Freud;63
4.7;2.7 The Story so Far;72
4.8;2.8 General Historical Inferences;74
5;3 Dualism, Monism and the End of the Debate;79
5.1;3.1 Death of the Soul?;79
5.2;3.2 Predicate Dualism;85
5.3;3.3 Property Dualism and the Mind-Body Problem;87
5.4;3.4 The Zombic Debate;90
5.5;3.5 Two Classes of Dualism? And Monism?;105
5.6;3.6 Perspectives for Mind and Personal Identity;107
6;4 Body, Brain and Mind;109
6.1;4.1 Embodiment;109
6.2;4.2 What the Mind Cannot Be;115
6.3;4.3 Things, Functions and Processes;124
6.4;4.4 Body, Mind and World;129
6.5;4.5 What Do We Need the Body to Do?;138
6.6;4.6 The Making of the Mind;145
6.7;4.7 Conscious and Unconscious Mind;159
6.8;4.8 ‘My’ Philosophy of Mind;164
7;5 Aspects of Personal Identity;167
7.1;5.1 Dimensions of the Debate;167
7.2;5.2 Conditions of Personhood – Dimension( A);168
7.3;5.3 Unity of Person – Dimension (B);181
7.4;5.4 The Meaning of Identity;187
7.5;5.5 Persistence of Person – Dimension (C);191
7.6;5.6 Structure of Personality – Dimension (D);199
7.7;5.7 The Body in Philosophy;201
7.8;5.8 Summing up on Personal Identity;206
8;6 Some Reductionist Approaches;209
8.1;6.1 Aspects of Reductionism;209
8.2;6.2 Psychological Continuity and Replication;212
8.3;6.3 Body Transplant and the Somatic Aspect;223
8.4;6.4 Further Reductionist Discussions;229
8.5;6.5 Frankenstein’s Monster;231
8.6;6.6 Reflections on Reductionist Debate;232
9;7 Qualitative Aspects of Self and Identity;239
9.1;7.1 Introductory Remark;239
9.2;7.2 Constitution of the Self;240
9.3;7.3 Cultural Aspect of Identity;244
9.4;7.4 Relating Self to Other;247
9.5;7.5 Memory, Continuity and Identity;249
9.6;7.6 Broader Aspects of Memory;256
9.7;7.7 Additional Aspects of Continuity;258
9.8;7.8 Phenomena of Identity;259