Personal Ontology
mystery and its consequences
$125.27
- Paperback
249 pages
- Release Date
21 August 2025
Summary
Who Are We? A Philosophical Exploration of Personal Ontology
What are we? Are we souls, organisms, brains, or something else entirely? In this book, Andrew Brenner argues that there are fundamental obstacles preventing us from definitively answering this metaphysical question.
The primary accounts of personal ontology suggest that we are either souls (or a soul-body composite) or composite physical objects. However, Brenner demonstrates that arguments supporting either optio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009367066 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1009367064 |
| Author: | Andrew Brenner |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 249 |
| Release Date: | 21 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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Critics Review
‘A welcome contribution to an important debate. It brings light to dark areas and never resorts to easy answers. Its treatment of so-called ‘no-self’ views is especially valuable.’ Eric Olson, University of Sheffield
About The Author
Andrew Brenner
Andrew Brenner is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University. He has published articles in journals including Analysis, The Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Erkenntnis, and Philosophy East and West.
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