The Importance of How We See Ourselves: Self-Identity and Responsible Agency

by Marina A.L. Oshana

Book Overview

The past fifteen years have seen a wellspring of interest in the concept and practical nature of the self. Questions about the metaphysics of personal identity have preoccupied philosophical scholarship. Less attention has been paid to the topic of the self from the first-person standpoint, the point of view of a person who regards certain phenomena as distinctive of and essential to her identity. Nor has much attention been paid to how this concept...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739126253
• ISBN13: 9780739126257
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"