{"product_id":"personal-identity-complex-or-simple-hardback-9781107014442","title":"Personal Identity; Complex or Simple? (Hardback) 9781107014442","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePersonal Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eComplex or Simple?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book addresses whether personal identity is analyzable, with innovative discussion of 'complex' and 'simple' theories.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorg Gasser (Edited by), Matthias Stefan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107014442, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Gasser and Stefan's book offers an important and timely discussion of central issues in personal identity. This is an exceptionally fine volume …' George L?z?roiu, Review of Contemporary Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWe take it for granted that a person persists over time: when we make plans, we assume that we will carry them out; when we punish someone for a crime, we assume that she is the same person as the one who committed it. Metaphysical questions underlying these assumptions point towards an area of deep existential and philosophical interest. In this volume, leading metaphysicians discuss key questions about personal identity, including 'What are we?', 'How do we persist?', and 'Which conditions guarantee our identity over time?' They discuss whether personal identity is 'complex', whereby it is analyzable in terms of simpler relations such as physical or psychological features, or whether it is 'simple', namely something that cannot be analyzed in terms of more fundamental relations. Their essays offer an innovative discussion of this topic and will be of interest to a wide readership in metaphysics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Framing the Question: 1. Chitchat on personal identity David Barnett\u003cbr\u003e 2. In search of the simple view Eric T. Olson\u003cbr\u003e 3. Personal identity, indeterminacy, and obligation Ryan Wasserman\u003cbr\u003e 4. Personal identity and its perplexities Harold W. Noonan\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Arguments for and against Simplicity: 5. How to determine which is the true theory of personal identity Richard Swinburne\u003cbr\u003e 6. Against simplicity Sydney Shoemaker\u003cbr\u003e 7. The probable simplicity of personal identity E. J. Lowe\u003cbr\u003e 8. Reply to E. J. Lowe Sydney Shoemaker\u003cbr\u003e 9. The non-descriptive individual nature of conscious beings Martine Nida-Rümelin\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Reconsidering Simplicity: 10. Personal identity: a not-so-simple simple view Lynne Rudder Baker\u003cbr\u003e 11. Is 'person' a sortal term? Christian Kanzian\u003cbr\u003e 12. Materialism, dualism, and 'simple' theories of personal identity Dean Zimmerman\u003cbr\u003e 13. The morphing block and diachronic personal identity Hud Hudson\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20epistemology%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20of%20knowledge%20%5BHPK%5D%22\"\u003eHPK\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265481036056,"sku":"9781107014442","price":49.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107014442i.jpg?v=1692023349","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/personal-identity-complex-or-simple-hardback-9781107014442","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}