Selves: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics

by Galen Strawson

Book Overview

What is the self? Does it exist? If it does exist, what is it like? It's not clear that we even know what we're asking about when we ask these large, metaphysical questions. The idea of the self comes very naturally to us, and it seems rather important, but it's also extremely puzzling. As for the word 'self'--it's been taken in so many different ways that it seems that you can mean more or less what you like by it and come up with almost any answer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199693102
• ISBN13: 9780199693108
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.