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1 online resource |
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Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 14 |
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Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 14.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Practical Identity and Narrative Agency / Catriona Mackenzie -- 2. Staying Alive: Personal Continuation and a Life Worth Having / Marya Schechtman -- 3. Personal Identity: Practical or Metaphysical? / Caroline West -- 4. Narrative Identity and Embodied Continuity / Kim Atkins -- 5. Personal Identity Management / Jan Bransen -- 6. Imagination, Identity and Self-Transformation / Catriona Mackenzie -- 7. Why Search for Lost Time: Memory, Autonomy, and Practical Reason / John Christman -- 8. The Way of the Wanton / J. David Velleman -- 9. Losing One's Self / Cheshire Calhoun -- 10. Normative Agency / Jeanette Kennett and Steve Matthews -- 11. Remorse and Moral Identity / Christopher Cordner -- 12. Shaping a Life: Narrative, Time and Necessity / Genevieve Lloyd -- 13. How to Change the Past / Karen Jones |
| Summary |
The essays collected in this volume address a range of issues that arise when the focus of philosophical reflection on identity is shifted from metaphysical to practical and evaluative concerns. They also explore the usefulness of the notion of narrative for articulating and responding to these issues. The chapters, written by an outstanding roster of international scholars, address a range of complex philosophical issues concerning the relationship between practical and metaphysical identity, the embodied dimensions of the first-personal perspective, the kind of reflexive agency involved in th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Identity (Philosophical concept)
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Oral tradition.
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Autobiography.
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Agent (Philosophy)
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identity.
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autobiography (genre)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality.
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Autobiography
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Identity (Philosophical concept)
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Oral tradition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mackenzie, Catriona
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Atkins, Kim
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| ISBN |
020393783X |
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9780203937839 |
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9781135904005 |
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1135904006 |
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