Body, Mind and Self in Hume's Critical Realism
| Other author | Wilson, Fred |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Walter De Gruyter Incorporated |
| Description | 512 p. 21.000 x 014.800 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Series | Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis Ser. 22 |
| Summary | Annotation This essay proposes that Hume's non-substantialist bundle account of minds is basically correct. The concept of a person is not a metaphysical notion but a forensic one, that of a being who enters into the moral and normative relations of civil society. A person is a bundle but it is also a structured bundle. Hume's metaphysics of relations is argued must be replaced by a more adequate one such as that of Russell, but beyond that Hume's account is essentially correct. In particular it is argued that it is one's character that constitutes one's identity; and that sympathy and the passions of pride and humility are central in forming and maintaining one's character and one's identity as a person. But also central is one's body: a person is an embodied consciousness: the notion that one's body is essential to one's identity is defended at length. Various concepts of mind and consciousness are examined - for example, neutral monism and intentionality - and also the concept of privacy and our inferences to other minds. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9783110327083 |
| ISBN | 3110327082 (Mixed Media) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9783110327083 |
| Stock number | 00007582 |
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