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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Barry Dainton (Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.854kg ISBN: 9780199288847ISBN 10: 0199288844 Pages: 462 Publication Date: 13 March 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Mind and Self 2: Phenomenal Unity 3: Phenomenal Continuity 4: Powers and Subjects 5: Alternatives 6: Minds and Mental Integration 7: Embodiment 8: Simple Selves 9: Holism 10: Modes of Incapacitation 11: Objections and Reductions 12: The Topology of the Self 13: Appendix: ReductionismReviewsnot only unusually rich in its discussions of phenomenology and questions about the self, but also impressively honest. ... Barry Dainton has many insightful and important things to say. The bottom line is that anyone interested in such issues could not fail to learn a great deal from his lucid and ingenious arguments and proposals. Raymond Martin, Times Literary Supplement Dainton has produced an interesting and thought provoking account of the phenomenally conscious self, which is complex and intricate and always stimulating... this book represents a robust attempt to give an account of personal identity over time in terms of the (potential and actual) ability to maintain a unified stream of phenomenal consciousness... a deep and informative discussion of phenomenal consciousness, based on some detailed phenomenology and metaphysics. Peter R. King, Erkenntnis for anyone interested in these issues the book is rich, interesting and full of provocative ideas William Uzgalis, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Author InformationBarry Dainton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Stream of Consciousness (Routledge 2000, 2nd edn. 2006) and Time and Space (Acumen 2001). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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