Personal Identity and Fractured Selves: Perspectives from Philosophy, Ethics, and Neuroscience
Author:   Debra J. H. Mathews, PhD MA (Assistant Director for Science Programs, Johns Hopkins University) ,  Hilary Bok, PhD (Henry R. Luce Professor of Bioethics and Moral and Political Theory, Johns Hopkins University) ,  Peter V. Rabins, MD MPH
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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9780801893384


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   07 December 2009
Recommended Age:   From 17
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Personal Identity and Fractured Selves: Perspectives from Philosophy, Ethics, and Neuroscience


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Author:   Debra J. H. Mathews, PhD MA (Assistant Director for Science Programs, Johns Hopkins University) ,  Hilary Bok, PhD (Henry R. Luce Professor of Bioethics and Moral and Political Theory, Johns Hopkins University) ,  Peter V. Rabins, MD MPH
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780801893384


ISBN 10:   0801893380
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   07 December 2009
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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"List of Contributors Preface Introduction. A ""Two Cultures"" Phrasebook Part I: Foundations Chapter 1. How Philosophers Think about Persons, Personal Identity, and the Self Chapter 2. Toward a Neurobiology of Personal Identity Chapter 3. Case Studies Part II: Philosophers Hold Forth Chapter 4. Getting Our Stories Straight: Self-narrative and Personal Identity Chapter 5. Personal Identity and Choice Chapter 6. Diminished and Fractured Selves Part III: Neuroscientists Push Back Chapter 7. After Locke: Darwin, Freud, and Psychiatric Assessment Chapter 8. The Fictional Self Conclusion: Common Threads References Index"

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Personal Identity and Fractured Selves should appeal to both general and specialized audiences. -- Emily Esch Metapsychology 2010 A good read. -- John C. Racy Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2010


<p> Personal Identity and Fractured Selves should appeal to both general and specialized audiences.--Emily Esch Metapsychology (01/01/0001)


<p>A good read.--John C. Racy Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (01/01/0001)


Author Information

Debra J. H. Mathews, Ph.D., M.A., is the assistant director for science programs for the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University. Hilary Bok, Ph.D., is a professor of bioethics and moral and political theory at the Johns Hopkins University and a faculty member at the Berman Institute of Bioethics. She is author of Freedom and Responsibility. Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., is a professor of psychiatry, codirector of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, and director of the T. Rowe and Eleanor Price Teaching Service of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is coauthor of The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life and coeditor of Treating Dementia: Do We Have a Pill for It?, both published by Johns Hopkins.

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