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Selves : an essay in revisionary metaphysics /

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Is there such a thing as the self? If so, what is it? Galen Strawson argues that if we look closely at what experience of a self is like, we may be able to work out what a self must be, if it exists. He concludes that selves do exist, but they are not what we think.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strawson, Galen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Self (Philosophy)
Self.
Ontology.
Phenomenology.
Metaphysics.
Ego (Psychology)
First philosophy.
Moi (Philosophie)
Moi (Psychologie)
Ontologie.
Phénoménologie.
Métaphysique.
ontology (metaphysics)
phenomenology.
metaphysics.
Epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY.
PSYCHOLOGY.
First philosophy
Metaphysics
Ontology
Phenomenology
Self
Zelf.
Fenomenologie.
Ontologie (filosofie)
Filosofie van de geest.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Is there such a thing as the self? If so, what is it? Galen Strawson argues that if we look closely at what experience of a self is like, we may be able to work out what a self must be, if it exists. He concludes that selves do exist, but they are not what we think.
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191712593
0191712590
0198250061
9780198250067