Self
What am I?
$37.15
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2016
Summary
Acclaimed thinker Barry Dainton takes us through the nature of Self.
When you think ‘What am I?’, what’s actually doing the thinking? Is it a soul, or are ‘you’ just a collection of nerve-endings and narratives? Here, acclaimed thinker Barry Dainton takes us through the nature of Self and its relation to the rest of reality. Starting his journey with Descartes’ claim that we are non-physical beings, and Locke’s view that a person is self-conscious matter, Dainton explores how today’s …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846146206 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846146208 |
| Author: | Barry Dainton |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2016 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Philosophy in Transit |
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Clever … fun to follow, thanks to [Dainton’s] relaxed and humorous prose. In a brief volume he ranges over a vast conceptual territory, lucidly presenting current views of how consciousness fits into the physical world, and speculating with brio on the fate of the self in a future age of brain-augmentation and virtual reality Prospect
About The Author
Barry Dainton
Barry Dainton is professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He works in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and is influenced by current and predicted developments in science and technology. He is the author of three books: The Phenomenal Self, Stream of Consciousness, and Time and Space.
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