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Persons, animals, ourselves /

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The starting point for this book is a particular answer to a question that grips many of us. What kind of thing are we? The particular answer is that we are animals (of a certain sort), a view nowadays called 'animalism'. This answer will appear obvious to many but on the whole philosopher...

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Main Author:	Snowdon, Paul F. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Self (Philosophy) Human behavior. Human beings.
Online Access:	Publisher description Contributor biographical information Table of contents only

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