Description: Further DetailsTitle: Locke on Personal IdentityCondition: NewSubtitle: Consciousness and Concernment - Updated EditionISBN-10: 0691161003EAN: 9780691161006ISBN: 9780691161006Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/21/2014Description: John Locke's theory of personal identity underlies all modern discussion of the nature of persons and selves--yet it is widely thought to be wrong. In this book, Galen Strawson argues that in fact it is Locke's critics who are wrong, and that the famous objections to his theory are invalid. Indeed, far from refuting Locke, they illustrate his fundamental point. Strawson argues that the root error is to take Locke's use of the word "person" as merely a term for a standard persisting thing, like "human being." In actuality, Locke uses "person" primarily as a forensic or legal term geared specifically to questions about praise and blame, punishment and reward. This point is familiar to some philosophers, but its full consequences have not been worked out, partly because of a further error about what Locke means by the word "conscious." When Locke claims that your personal identity is a matter of the actions that you are conscious of, he means the actions that you experience as your own in some fundamental and immediate manner. Clearly and vigorously argued, this is an important contribution both to the history of philosophy and to the contemporary philosophy of personal identity.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 312gAuthor: Galen StrawsonContributor: Galen Strawson (Preface by)Genre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Princeton Monographs in PhilosophyEdition: Updated EditionRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Locke on Personal Identity
Title: Locke on Personal Identity
Subtitle: Consciousness and Concernment - Updated Edition
ISBN-10: 0691161003
EAN: 9780691161006
ISBN: 9780691161006
Release Date: 07/21/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Galen Strawson (Preface by)
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Edition: Updated Edition
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Name: Locke on Personal Identity : Consciousness and Concernment-Updated Edition
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Individual Philosophers, General
Publication Year: 2014
Features: Revised
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11 Oz
Author: Galen Strawson
Item Length: 8.1 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Psychology
Item Width: 6.6 in
Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
