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Author:   Georg Gasser ,  Matthias Stefan
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781107538924

ISBN 10:   1107538920
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   09 July 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Framing the Question: 1. Chitchat on personal identity David Barnett; 2. In search of the simple view Eric T. Olson; 3. Personal identity, indeterminacy, and obligation Ryan Wasserman; 4. Personal identity and its perplexities Harold W. Noonan; Part II. Arguments for and against Simplicity: 5. How to determine which is the true theory of personal identity Richard Swinburne; 6. Against simplicity Sydney Shoemaker; 7. The probable simplicity of personal identity E. J. Lowe; 8. Reply to E. J. Lowe Sydney Shoemaker; 9. The non-descriptive individual nature of conscious beings Martine Nida-Rümelin; Part III. Reconsidering Simplicity: 10. Personal identity: a not-so-simple simple view Lynne Rudder Baker; 11. Is 'person' a sortal term? Christian Kanzian; 12. Materialism, dualism, and 'simple' theories of personal identity Dean Zimmerman; 13. The morphing block and diachronic personal identity Hud Hudson; References; Index.

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'... Gasser and Stefan's book offers an important and timely discussion of central issues in personal identity. This is an exceptionally fine volume ...' George Lazaroiu, Review of Contemporary Philosophy

'Gasser and Stefan's book offers an important and timely discussion of central issues in personal identity. This is an exceptionally fine volume ...' George Lazaroiu, Review of Contemporary Philosophy ...This valuable collection brings together twelve original contributions and one reply by some of the most prominent theorists working on the issue of personal identity.... show the richness and complexity of present-day metaphysical debates about personal identity. --Annalisa Coliva, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia/COGITO, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ...Gasser and Stefan's book offers an important and timely discussion of central issues in personal identity. This is an exceptionally fine volume, all things considered. ---George Lazaroiu, PhD, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies in, Humanities and Social Sciences, New York, Review of Contemporary Philosophy

'Gasser and Stefan's book offers an important and timely discussion of central issues in personal identity. This is an exceptionally fine volume …' George Lăzăroiu, Review of Contemporary Philosophy

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Georg Gasser is a scientific researcher in the Department of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck. He is the editor of Personal Identity and Resurrection (2010). Matthias Stefan is a scientific researcher in the Department of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck. He has published papers on the ontological commitments of physicalism, personal identity and substance dualism.

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