Two Selves: Their Metaphysical Commitments and Functional Independence

by Stanley B. Klein

The Two Selves takes the position that the self is not a "thing" easily reduced to an object of scientific analysis. Rather, the self consists in a multiplicity of aspects, some of which have a neuro-cognitive basis (and thus are amenable to scientific inquiry) while other aspects are best construed as first-person subjectivity, lacking material instantiation. As a consequence of its potential immateriality, the subjective aspect of self cannot be...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199349967
• ISBN13: 9780199349968
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"